She was one of the most distinctive voices in Spanish-language literature—still very much alive today—and won the most prestigious awards in a time that was much more difficult for women than it is today. She also spent a few months as a guest of Mallorca, where she set her life on the island. First memory, the novel that won her the Nadal Prize and one of her favorites, according to her own admission. We remember Ana María Matute on the 100th anniversary of her birth (July 26, 1925).