The Plenary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) elected, in its session on Thursday, June 13, the writer Javier Cercas (Ibahernando, Cáceres, 1962) to occupy chair R, vacant since the death of Javier Marías on September 11, 2022. His candidacy was presented by the academics Pedro Álvarez de Miranda, Clara Sánchez, and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Javier Cercas is one of the most prominent Spanish writers of recent times. He...