ANDRÉS TRAPIELLO is a Spanish writer who has written 11 poetry collections, among them
Acaso una verdad (National Critics Award 1993), as well as novels such
El buque fantasma and
Los amigos del crimen perfecto (2003 Nadal Prize and Award for best foreign novel in Beijing, 2005); along with essay collections such as
Las armas y las letras, and his diaries,
El salón de los pasos perdidos, which now consists of nineteen volumes.