The writer from Vigo, creator of Inspector Leo Caldas, has died at the age of 51 after suffering a stroke.
The crime novel, the genre that handles death as raw material, is in mourning. Domingo Villar, one of its best champions in the Spanish and Galician language, a writer who knew how to combine quality with entertainment and popular acceptance, died this Wednesday at the age of 51 at the Álvaro Cunqueiro hospital in Vigo, where he had been admitted on Monday after suffering a stroke.
Born in Vigo and living in Madrid for almost 30 years, he liked to define himself as "a cheerful pessimist". He debuted in the genre in 2006 with “Ojos de agua,” (Siruela), an instant success in Spanish and Galician, a language in which his success was multiplied, and which formed an essential part of his literary process.
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Tributes have flooded social media following news of the writer’s death.
Iván Ferreiro shared a touching tribute to his friend, writing: “Domingo Villar has left today. When we were children I was in my sister’s class, but growing up we met at night. I remember having some wonderful and interesting talks. Two guys growing up and analysing life.
“We established a relationship of friendship and respect in which we looked for each other to chat while the others drank or danced. He was a sensitive and intelligent person who was interested in knowing how the rest of us thought and felt,” he said.
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