MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 03: (R to L) Writer Ana Luis Amaral, Carlos Clementson, Cesar Antonio Molina and Vasco Graça observed a minute's silence in memory of Francisco Ayala the book launch of Alma Minha Gentil at Spanish National Library on November 3, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 03: (R to L) Writer Ana Luis Amaral, Carlos Clementson, Cesar Antonio Molina and Vasco Graça observed a minute's silence in memory of Francisco Ayala the book launch of Alma Minha Gentil at Spanish National Library on November 3, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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  1. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  2. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  3. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  4. Spanish writer Francisco Ayala smiles as he attends an event to celebrate his 103rd birthday at Madrid's National Library in this March 16, 2009 file photo. Ayala, one of the most well-known writers in the Spanish language, died November 3, 2009, in Madrid at 103 years old.
  5. Spanish writer Francisco Ayala attends an event to celebrate his 103rd birthday at Madrid's National Library in this picture taken on March 16, 2009. Ayala, one of the most well-known writers in the Spanish language, died November 3, 2009, in Madrid at 103 years old.
  6. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: Princess Letizia and Prince Felipe attend the wake of spanish writer Francisco Ayala at chapel of rest on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  7. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  8. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  9. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  10. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  11. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  12. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  13. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  14. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  15. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  16. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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