© Rocío Gordo FloresAitor Romero Ortega
Invitado de Honor
(Barcelona, 1985) studied Industrial Engineering in Barcelona and Lyon. Since 2012, he has lived in Madrid. He is the author of the novel Deflagración (2015, Amor de madre, 2015), finalist for the Chambéry Début Novel Award. In 2018, he published the book of stories Fantasmas de la ciudad (Candaya), which includes eight stories in which urban spaces play a prominent role in the development of the plot and the characters' emotions. This collection of short stories received positive reviews in the leading literary supplements in Spain. In 2023, he published the book of chronicles or autobiographical essays El arte de escribir de pie (Candaya), in which he takes a personal and intimate journey through the history of modern and contemporary travel, exploring eight chronicles about cities or regions from Rome to Benidorm. El arte de escribir de pie has also garnered praise in the media and supplements that focus more on non-fiction and travel literature.
He has also taught workshops on storybooks and collaborated with literary magazines such as Altaïr Magazine, Negratinta, Culturamas, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, Casapaís and Kopek, where he has published chronicles, essays, poems and short stories. He is currently writing a novel.