Sant Jordi

Hernán Díaz grew up in Sweden, studied in London and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. A writer and editor, he has written Borges, between history and eternity (Bloomsbury, 2012) and he is the editor of Revista Hispánica Moderna [Modern Hispanic Journal] and assistant director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. He has been published by Cabinet, The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, Playboy, Granta and The Paris Review. His first novel, In the Distance, has been translated into twelve languages. It won the William Saroyan International Prize, was a finalist for the Pulitzer and PEN/Faulkner Prizes, and Publishers Weekly listed it as one of the ten best books of 2017; it also won the Jury Prize at the Festival America in Paris and the New American Voices Prize, among others. Trust was one of the five best books of 2022, according to The New York Times, nominated for the Booker Prize and winner of the Kirkus Fiction Prize.

Jordi Puntí is the author of three books of short stories: Pell d’armadillo [Armadillo Skin], Animals tristos [Sad Animals] and Això no és Amèrica [This Is Not America]. In 2010, he published his first novel, Maletes perdudes [Lost Luggage], which won the Lletra d’Or, Llibreter and Nacional de la Crítica Prizes, among others, and has been translated into 18 languages. He is also the author of the autobiographical fiction Els castellans [The Castilians]. His latest book is Tot Messi i més. Exercicis d’estil [All about Messi and More. Exercises in Style], an affectionate and literary portrait of the best football player in history. He regularly contributes to the El Periódico newspaper, L’Avenç magazine and the literary programme “Ciutat Maragda”, on Catalunya Ràdio. In 2014, he received the prestigious Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers scholarship, to the New York public library, to work on a narrative project, enabling him to carry out research for a year, the starting point for his novel Confeti, winner of the 2023 Sant Jordi Prize.

In collaboration with: Editorial Anagrama, Edicions del Periscopi, Edicions Proa and Òmnium Cultural