Nge-4 kaJuni usiphathele iindaba ezilusizi kwihlabathi ngokubanzi ngakumbi ngakumbi kwilizwe leencwadi, ukusukela oko UJuan Goytisolo usweleke eneminyaka engama-86 endala kwisixeko saseMarrakech. Lo mbhali we Inoveli yovavanyo yaseSpain ye 60s ibalasele imisebenzi efana "ICampos de Níjar" (1960) okanye "La Chanca" (1963) eziyilwe ngaphakathi kwenyani yokwenyani kwezentlalo. Ezinye iinoveli zovavanyo ezinje nge "Iimpawu zesazisi" (Ngo-1966), kunye nezinye apho azama khona ukungqinisisa yonke into malunga neenkxwaleko kunye neenkcubeko, ngakumbi amaSilamsi, njengasemsebenzini wakhe. "Ukuthethelelwa kuka-Count Don Julián", yapapashwa ngonyaka we-1970 okanye "Makbara", 1980.
UJuan Goytisolo wanikwa ICervantes Award ngo-2014, Eyahlula ngokubaluleka kweeleta kwiSpanish. Wayehlala eMarrakech, apho asweleke khona, ukusukela ngo-1997, apho waya kuhlala nosapho luka-Abdelhadi, umhlobo kunye neqabane lakhe langaphambili. Apho, ngalo lonke ixesha lokuhlala kwakhe, wazama ukuqinisekisa ukuba isixeko sasinayo yonke into eyayimchaphazela ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe, kufanelekile ukuba sikhankanye ukuba iPlaza Yamaa al Fna edumileyo, embindini wedolophu, yabhengezwa. "Ilifa Lemveli Yenkcubeko Engabonakaliyo" ngonyaka 2001.
Wayekwayinxalenye ye Ababhali baMazwe ngaMazwe ukongeza ekubeni Inxalenye yejaji yeUNESCO Umsebenzi wabo yayikukhetha ubugcisa beLifa leMveli elingaphathekiyo yoLuntu (phakathi kwabanye), ukongeza ekubeni lilungu elihloniphekileyo leManyano yaBabhali baseMorocco (UEM) ukusukela ngo-2001.
Amabinzana oMbhali
Njengenqaku lokugqibela sikushiya nezinye ze amabinzana abalaseleyo kaJuan Goytisolo:
- "Ukuncedwa kokufuduswa kwaye, kwangaxeshanye, akunakwenzeka ukubuya."
- «Imfundo yam yoncwadi yayingalunganga kuba kwakungekho mfundo yoncwadi ngelo xesha, kodwa kwabakho uqeqesho olwahluke kakhulu. Ke, ndiyilele imfundo yam ngokuchasene neleveli yangoku: iinoveli zaseFrance, iinoveli zase-Italiyane, inoveli yama-Anglo-Saxon ... ».
- "'Abathengisi abathengisayo' abandibambi konke konke, kuba abatyhileli nto.
- "Musa ukugxeka iintshaba zakho, banokufunda."
- "Uncwadi olulungileyo lolo luchaphazela umfundi ngandlela thile kwaye lumnceda ukuba afumane into echaphazela yena, uluntu lwethu okanye ubuntu xa bebonke."
- «Ndiziva ndikhululeke ngakumbi xa bendibhengeza ukuba ndingu 'non grata' kunaxa bendiwonga. Kwimeko yokuqala ndiyazi ukuba ndinyanisile. Okwesibini, ngethamsanqa kunqabile kakhulu, ndiyazithandabuza ».