Yo, el rey

Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera (1926-1990) was a Spanish psychiatrist, writer, and academic renowned for blending medical expertise with literature. Son of psychiatrist Antonio Vallejo-Nájera, he earned outstanding academic honors, held key positions like Director of Madrid's National Psychiatric Hospital, and transitioned to writing in 1974, achieving literary success with the 1985 Planeta Prize for his historical novel Yo, el rey, among other notable works like Locos egregios and La puerta de la esperanza. Planeta Prize