Carmen Kurtz
1911–1999 (age 88)
Biography
Carmen Kurtz (Barcelona, 18 September 1911 – 5 February 1999) was a Spanish writer, who wrote under the name of her husband, Pedro Kurtz, in Spanish. Winner of various literary prizes - including the Planeta, and others, she made her name as a writer during the 1960s with a series of children's books featuring the main character, a boy called Óscar, who had a pet goose named Kina. She is known for her work in adult prose fiction and notably for her novel El desconocido