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Spanish writer
A.K.A.
Silver Kane, Taylor Nummy, Rosa Alcázar, Fernando Robles, Silvia Vald...
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Barcelona, Spain
Death
2 March 2015 (aged 88 years)
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Place of death
Barcelona, Spain
Age
88 years
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Awards
Creu de Sant Jordi
(2010)
Premio Planeta de Novela
(1984)
RBA International Prize for Crime Writing
(2007)
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Biography
Francisco González Ledesma (17 March 1927 – 2 March 2015) was a Spanish comic writer, novelist, lawyer, and journalist. He was a prize-winning crime novelist under his real name, and as Enrique Moriel. He wrote more than 1000 novels under the popular pen name Silver Kane, most of them Western novels. He also used the pseudonyms of Taylor Nummy, Silvia Valdemar, and for romance novels Rosa Alcázar and Fernando Robles.
Death
González Ledesma died in Barcelona from complications of a stroke, aged 87.
Literary Prizes
- 1948: Premio Internacional de Novela for Sombras viejas
- 1984: Premio Planeta de Novela for Crónica sentimental en rojo
- 1986: Prix Mystère for La Dama de Cachemira
- 2002: Premio Hammett for El pecado o algo parecido
- 2005: Prix Mystère for Cinco mujeres y media
- 2007: RBA Prize for Crime Writing for Una novela de barrio ("A Neighborhood Novel"), the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.
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