Jesús Torbado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jesús Torbado

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1943

Place of Birth: León, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 22-Aug-2018

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jesús Torbado (4 January 1943 – 22 August 2018) was a Spanish writer, journalist and traveller.
He was born in León and studied journalism in Madrid.
He won the 1965 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Las corrupciones.
In 1976, he won the Premio Planeta for En el día de hoy, a book about the Spanish Civil War.
In 1993, he won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for El peregrino.