Fernando Aramburu

Invitado de Honor

(San Sebastián, 1959) is the author of the storybooks Los peces de la amargura (2006, 11th Mario Vargas Llosa NH Award, 4th Dulce Chacón Award and the 2008 Spanish Royal Academy Award) and El vigilante del fiordo (2011); of the non-fiction works Las letras entornadas (2015), Autorretrato sin mí (2018), Vetas profundas (2019) and Utilidad de las desgracias (2020), as well as of the novels Fuegos con limón (1996), Los ojos vacíos (2000, Euskadi Award), El trompetista del Utopía (2003), Bami sin sombra (2005), Viaje con Clara por Alemania (2010), Años lentos (2012, 7th Tusquets Editores de Novela, and Premio de los Libreros de Madrid awards), La gran Marivián (2013), Ávidas pretensiones (2014, Premio Biblioteca Breve award) and Homeland (2016, Premio Nacional de Narrativa, Premio de la Crítica, Premio Euskadi, Premio Francisco Umbral, Premio Dulce Chacón, Premio San Clemente, Premio Strega Europeo, Premio Lampedusa, and Premio Atenas awards), translated into 35 languages and turned into a renowned series.

After this, he published Los vencejos (2021) and, as part of the series “Gentes vascas”, Hijos de la fábula (2023) and El niño (2024), confirming him as one of the great European writers. His complete poetry has been collected in Sinfonía corporal (2023).

Other activities involving the participant:

Opening of the Carlos Fuentes Literary Lounge

Aroa Moreno Durán

Invitado de Honor

(Badajoz, 1981) studied Journalism at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

In 2017, she published her first novel, La hija del comunista (Caballo de Troya; 2023, Random House; winner of the Ojo Crítico Award for novel of the year in 2017 and, to date, translated into seven languages), and in 2022, La bajamar (Random House; Grand Continent Award and nominated for the 2023 Vargas Llosa Novel Biennial Award, translated into four languages).

She has also published the books of poems Veinte años sin lápices nuevos (2009, Student) and Jet lag (2016, Baile del Sol). Almudena. Una biografía was published in 2024 by the Lumen publishing house and illustrated by Ana Jarén.

Other activities involving the participant:

Meetings (and misunderstandings). Challenges of recent Spanish narrative

Emiliano Monge

Emiliano Monge (Mexico, 1978) is a writer and political scientist. He has published the novels Morirse de memoria, Arid sky (XXVIII Premio Jaén de Novela and V Premio Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos), Las tierras arrasadas ((IX Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska y English Pen Award), No contar todo (Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa a Obra Publicada), Tejer la oscuridad, Justo antes del final, and, most recently, Los vivos, as well as the short story collections Arrastrar esa sombra and La superficie más honda, in addition to the children's book Los insectos invisibles. His work has been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Greek, Chinese and Swedish.

His work has been recognized by the Hay Festival, the British Council, the Dublin Book Fair, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the Conaculta, the Bogotá International Book Fair, the PEN Foundation and the Borchard Foundation Center on Literary Arts, where he is currently a fellow. He is a member of Mexico's National System of Art Creators, a consulting director of Centroamérica Cuenta, and a columnist for the newspaper El País.

Sergio del Molino

Invitado de Honor

(Madrid, 1979) won the Alfaguara Award 2024 for his novel Los alemanes, a book in which he addresses the burden that inheritance and the past place on us. He is also the author of two crucial narrative essays on depopulation and “the idea of country”: La España vacía (2016; 2022, Alfaguara), with which he won the Prize for best non-fiction work from the Gremio de Libreros and the Cálamo Award, in addition to being included in the “best of the year” lists of the cultural press; and Contra la España vacía (2021, Alfaguara). Before, he had won the awards Ojo Crítico and Juan Tigre with La hora violeta (2013), and then the Espasa Award for Lugares fuera de sitio (2018).

He is also the author of the novels Lo que a nadie le importa (2014) and La mirada de los peces (2017), and of the brief biographical essay Calomarde.El hijo bastardo de las luces (2020), of a novelized autobiography about his relationship with disease, Skin (Alfaguara, 2020), and Un tal González (2022, Alfaguara).

He is a columnist for the newspaper El País and a collaborator of Onda Cero Radio, among other media outlets. His works have appeared in English, Italian, French, Greek, German, Chinese, and other languages, in more than 15 countries.

Marta Fernández

Invitado de Honor

Journalist and writer who studied Journalism at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She began her career at Diario 16 and Televisión Española (TVE). In 1997, she first appeared on camera on Telemadrid. Two years later, she became part of the founding team of CNN+. She remained with the news channel until 2007. That year, she joined Mediaset to take over the midday news program. She stayed with the Italian group until 2016 as a presenter for Informativos Telecinco and Noticias Cuatro, programs focused on political current affairs and special reports.

A regular contributor to the cultural magazine Jot Down and GQ, she joined El País in 2017.She later collaborated with Vanity Fair, where she directed and presented the book podcast "Nota al pie."Since 2013, she has participated in La Ventana on Cadena SER, and starting this season, she has her own segment on the program "Academia de saberes inútiles." In recent years, she has realized her dream of interviewing the writers she admires most and lending her voice to audiobooks.

She has published a novel, Te regalaré el mundo, and No te enamores de cobardes, a journey through the myths of cinema and literature. Her latest book is a historical essay on imposture: La mentira, Historia de impostores y engañados. However, the literary activity she dedicates the most energy to is being an advocate for Thomas Pynchon in Spain.

Other activities involving the participant:

Encounter with the strange: vibrations, ghosts, homes and insects
One-way trip from nowhere
The mystery of the imagination that creates (and destroys) worlds
"I'm here for you, no matter what." Friendship
Personal paradises
Speak, wish
Crossroads. Music, poetry and literature