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Luis Martín‑Santos’s *Tiempo de silencio* was first published in 1962 and is his only fully realized novel, as he died at 39 in a traffic accident. It followed a prior entry in the Premio Pío Baroja contest under the title *Tiempo frustrado* and the pseudonym Luis Sepúlveda, but did not win. The novel is widely regarded as a key text in the evolution of post‑war Spanish literature, signaling a decisive change in the national literary landscape.
First publish date: 1966
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Luis Martín-Santos
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