Andrés Barba (Madrid, 1975), first became known in 2001 for La hermana de Katia (shortlisted for the Herralde Prize and made into a feature film by Mijke de Jong), which followed two books of novellas, La recta intención and Ha dejado de llover (Nord-Sud Prize) as well as six novels that cemented his status as one of the most important Spanish writers of his generation: Ahora tocad música de baile; Versiones de Teresa (Torrente Ballester Prize); Such Small Hands; Agosto, octubre; Muerte de un caballo (Juan March Prize); En presencia de un payaso; República luminosa (Herralde Novel Prize, Prix Frontieres, shortlisted for the Gregor Von Rezzori Prize) and the biographical experiment Vida de Guastavino y Guastavino. He is also the author of the works of non-fiction Caminar en un mundo de espejos, La ceremonia del porno (co-written with Javier Montes and winner of the Anagrama Essay Prize) and La risa caníbal. In the genre of poetry, he has published Crónica natural. His latest book is El último día de la vida anterior (Finestres Prize). He has also published texts translated into Spanish from more than thirty authors, including Melville, Henry James, Joseph Conrad and Thomas De Quincey. His own work, in turn, has been translated into twenty languages. He has received several fellowships, including those granted by the Academy of Spain in Rome, the Student Residence of Madrid, the Cullman Center, and New York Public Library. He has been a guest lecturer at Bowdoin College and Princeton University.