Mr. Grossman was typically referred to as a poet’s poet for his brainy and lyrical poems that were proudly high-minded and often written in a voice described as conversationally academic.
Ms. Matute was a novelist whose explorations of alienation and the loss of innocence children experienced during and after the Spanish Civil War made her one of Spain’s most popular and acclaimed writers.
Ms. Matute’s explorations of alienation and the loss of innocence that children experienced during and after the Spanish Civil War made her one of Spain’s most acclaimed writers.
