Writers and Barcelona
Barcelona has been and keeps being a perfect scene for literary works, a source of inspiration for writers who were born here and a welcoming place for writers from around the world who have described it in their books.
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David NEL·LO
(Barcelona, 1959)
Writer, translator, and musician. He is a renowned children’s and young people’s author with some forty works of literature which have won him a host of awards, most significantly, the literary prizes Vaixell de Vapor (1994), Cavall Fort (1999), and Columna Jove (2002). Since the beginning of the century, he has also begun to write novels for adults which have been warmly welcomed and won him literary awards. He sets all his work in different places around the world, while those which do not make reference to any location in particular, La desgràcia de la senyora Potato, Després d’en Marcel, Nou dits or La geografia de les veus, reflect on the identity of Barcelona without making mention of it. He is the legendary translator of the Geronimo Stilton saga and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid collection.
Lluís NICOLAU
(1888 - Mexico, 1961)
Politician and writer. He was an academic of Catalan literature and an educational reformer alongside Rosa Sensat. He was a promoter of the Chronicles of Muntaner and also a cultural activist in exile. He held the literary competition Jocs Florals in cities such as New York and Mexico DF. He was president of the Barcelona Ateneu where he gave the opening speech for the academic year 1932-1933 entitled “Barcelona Mythology”.
Jordi NOPCA
(Barcelona, 1983)
Journalist, translator and writer. He made his début in 2012 with El talent, which is about the publishing world in a world of fantasy based on Crocodile Publishers, which may represent one of the publishing houses in Barcelona. He contributes to several magazines and newspapers in which he frequently focuses on the city, such as Puja a casa in which the city is observed from a caustic humorous slant.
Víctor NUBLA
(Barcelona, 1956)
Multifaceted and experimental artist, Víctor Nubla is a musician, writer, activist, and cultural agitator together with Jun Crek, from the industrial music group Macromassa. He is author of the novels Cómo caza un dromedario (20 El regal de Gliese (2012) and L’inspector Pendergast (2016), almost always set in the district of Gràcia, which he peppers with a touch of fantasy.
Raúl NÚÑEZ
(Buenos Aires, 1946 – Valencia, 1996)
Argentinian novelist, poet, and short story writer. In 1971, he settled in Barcelona where he wrote Sinatra Novela urbana which was published by Anagrama in 1985. The world he describes revolves around the city's streets, the bars and urban solitude of the China town district. Ventura Pons had one of his most renowned novels made into a film: La rubia del bar. He was friends with Ventura Pons, Francesc Betriu, Juan Marsé and Joaquín Sabina.