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(Encyclopedia) Matute, Ana MaríaMatute, Ana Maríaäˈnä märēˈä mät&oomacr;ˈtā [key], 1926–2014, Spanish novelist, b. Barcelona. Much of her fiction, which has been translated into more than 20…
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