Working across literature, journalism and critical thought, Albert Lladó has developed a career spanning fiction, essays, theatre, radio and teaching. Born in Barcelona in 1980, he writes for La Vanguardia and directs the radio programme Interior Maconda. He is the author of the novels La travesía de las anguilas (2020) and Malpaís (2022), the essays La mirada lúcida (2019) and Contra la actualidad (2024), and the plays La mancha (2015), premiered at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, and Ícaro (2018), premiered at the Tantarantana. He also teaches Creative Writing at the Escola d’Escriptura de l’Ateneu Barcelonès and, together with Marina Garcés, coordinates the Escola de Pensament de Biblioteques de Barcelona.

Photograph by: Meritxell Gutiérrez