Andrés Barba

Andrés Barba Muñiz (Madrid, 1975) is a Spanish novelist, essayist, translator, scriptwriter and photographer. He is the author of a total of twelve books of literary fiction, non-fiction, photography, arts and children’s literature. Among other prizes he has been awarded the Premio Torrente Ballester de Narrativa (for "Versiones de Teresa"), the Premio Anagrama de Ensayo (for "La ceremonia del porno") and the Premio Juan March de Narrativa (for "Muerte de un caballo"). He was also shortlisted in the XIX Premio Herralde de Novela (for "La hermana de Katia", made into a film a few years after by Mijke de Jong). In 2010 he was featured in Granta’s magazine as one of the twenty-two best young Spanish-language writers. His works have been translated into ten languages.