Juan José Millás (born 1946) is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Complutense.
Life
A Valencian of humble origins, as a child Millás moved with his large family in 1952 to Madrid, where he has lived for most of his life. He was a poor but curious student and did the majority of his schoolwork at night while he worked in a savings bank. At the un...