Pombo: "Umbral and I were in both Spains and we ended up with frozen hearts". This afternoon Álvaro Pombo received the XIII Francisco Umbral Prize at the headquarters of the Community of Madrid, which recognizes his novel 'Santander, 1936' (Anagrama) as the best published in 2023.

Pombo, who succeeds Pilar Adón, Darío Villanueva and Elena Medel, accepted the award with a speech in which he referred to his friend with extraordinary words.