Editing Miguel Delibes (section)

=== Early literary career ===
After his marriage, Delibes' literary career really started to take off, beginning a three-year period that defined his career. In 1947 he began writing his first novel, ''La sombra del ciprés es alargada (''The cypress casts a long shadow), which won the ''[[Premio Nadal]]'' the following year, marking his emergence on the Spanish literary scene. His novel ''Aún es de día'' (It is still daytime) was published, heavily censored, in 1948.

His family grew during this same period. His son Miguel, who would later become a famous biologist, was born in 1947. His daughter Ángeles, who would also become a renowned biologist and researcher, was born the following year, and in 1949 his third child, Germán, was born.

In 1950, a new stage in the writer's literary career commenced. After suffering a bout of [[tuberculosis]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canales.elnortedecastilla.es/delibes/crono02/cro02.htm |title=Miguel Delibes: cronología 1947-54 |newspaper=[[El Norte de Castilla]] |date=20 October 2009 |access-date=13 September 2018 |language=es |publisher=[[Vocento]] |first=Ramón |last=García Domínguez}}</ref> he published ''El camino'' (The road), his third novel. The novel tells the discovery of life and the experiences of a boy who moves from the countryside to the city. The work constituted his final consecration in the Spanish post-war narrative. That year saw the birth of his daughter Elisa, who later became a graduate of Hispanic and French Studies.<ref>{{cite book |publisher=[[Ministerio de Cultura (Spain)|Ministerio de Cultura]], Dirección General del Libro y Bibliotecas |title=Miguel Delibes: Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas 1991 |page=31 |author=Centro de las Letras Españolas |year=1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9pdAAAAMAAJ |isbn=9788481810073}}</ref>

In 1952, he was appointed deputy director of the newspaper ''El Norte de Castilla'', and his battles with censorship became increasingly direct and frequent. The writer entered a new phase in his life in which he would publish a new work virtually every year, namely: ''Mi idolatrado hijo Sisí'' (My adored son Sissi) 1953, ''La partida'' (The departure) 1954, ''Diario de un cazador ''(Diary of a hunter) 1955 –[[National Literature Prize for Narrative|''Premio Nacional de Narrativa'']]–, ''Un novelista descubre América'' (A novelist discovers America) 1956, ''Siestas con viento sur'' (Siestas with southern wind) 1957 –[[Fastenrath Award]]–, ''Diario de un emigrante'' (Diary of an emigrant) 1958, and ''La hoja roja'' (The red leaf), 1959. This last novel was existentialist in content and deals with a photographer who recalls his life on the brink of his retirement. In 1956, his son Juan Delibes was born. He would become a biologist like his siblings and fan of hunting and fishing like his father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vadeando.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=144 |title=Juan Delibes: Pasión por la naturaleza |work=Vadeando |access-date=19 October 2009 |date=13 June 2008 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182924/http://www.vadeando.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=144 |archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> In 1958, the writer was appointed director of ''El Norte de Castilla''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canales.nortecastilla.es/delibes/crono03/cro03.htm |title=Miguel Delibes: cronología 1955-59 |newspaper=[[El Norte de Castilla]] |date=20 October 2009 |access-date=13 September 2018 |language=es |publisher=[[Vocento]] |first=Ramón |last=García Domínguez}}</ref>