2015

Enrique Vila-Matas

Barcelona, Spain 1948

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Biography

Enrique Vila-Matas (Barcelona, 1948) is one of the best-known Spanish writers in contemporary literature. Author of an extensive narrative and essayistic body of work—between fiction and literary reflection—he has published emblematic titles such as Bartleby y compañía, El mal de Montano, París no se acaba nunca, and Dublinesca. Translated into more than 30 languages, he has received numerous national and international awards, including the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the Formentor Prize for Literature, and has been distinguished by the French state with the Legion of Honour and the Order of Arts and Letters.

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