The writer Fernando Sanchez Drago He died this morning of a heart attack at the age of 86, family sources have informed EFE, at his residence in Castilfrío de la Sierra, in the province of Soria.

Just a few hours before, he had tweeted a photo on his personal account with his cat, Nano, saying good morning. “He knows that the secret of almost everything is in the head,” she has written.

Sánchez Dragó was the author of almost a hundred books, as well as being a presenter and director of television programs. Closely linked to the right and extreme right, he was the main promoter of Ramon Tamames as a candidate for Vox’s failed motion of no confidence against Pedro Sánchez.

The idea, as the writer explained in Más Vale Late, arose during a meal in a restaurant in which several names were considered, he has assured. “It occurred to me to propose the name Ramón Tamames because it was perfect due to his personal career, which is faultless, he is a professor, economist, philosopher, writer, he knows how to administer, manage, and he is a man of vigorous personality and scrupulous honesty” , defended Sánchez Dragó. “I went home after finishing the meal, picked up the phone, called him and he immediately agreed to negotiate, so a negotiation process began between him and Vox,” he said.

Writer of numerous novels such as ‘Eldorado’, ‘The sources of the Nile’, ‘The path of the heart’, ‘The test of the labyrinth’ (Planeta Award) Parallel deaths (Fernando Lara Novel Award 2006) and Soseki, immortal and tiger; he is also the author of, among others, the essays Gárgoris and Habidis. He was the Ondas Award with ‘El mundo por montera’ and the National Award for the Promotion of Reading with ‘Black on white’. He directed the Telemadrid nightly news program ‘Diario de la noche’. He currently directs and presents ‘Las Noches Blancas’ and is a columnist, reporter and regular firm in El Mundo.