Arturo Pérez-Reverte to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Madrid
Last updated on March 30, 2025

‘The Flanders Panel’ author created a stir on Saturday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Pérez-Reverte fans. Speculation had been rife that the author of the Club Dumas, the Flanders Panel and the Fencing Master will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 73, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 30/03/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being an author isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being an author-journalist just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouArturo

For a little while on Saturday evening, #ThankYouArturo was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.