Dani Vázquez

Invitado de Honor

Daniel Vázquez is a writer and journalist. He holds a degree in information sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and combined his studies with film training at New York University. He is the author of Flores negras para Michael Roddick (Black Flowers for Michael Roddick) (2003), Comer con los ojos (Eating with the Eyes) (2006), La fiesta ha terminado (The Party’s Over) (2009) and Lena (2018). El Príncep i la mort (The Prince and Death) (2023) is one of his most personal works to date.

Other activities involving the participant:

Barcelona and the perspective of two generations

Eduardo Mendoza

Invitado de Honor

Eduardo Mendoza published his début novel The Truth about the Savolta Case, which received the Critics’ Prize, in 1975. This was followed by The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt (1979) and The Olive Labyrinth (1982). In 1986, he published The City of Marvels, which received the City of Barcelona Prize. He has written several other novels: No Word from Gurb (1991); The Year of the Flood (1992); A Light Comedy (1996), awarded Best Foreign Book in France; The Adventure of the Ladies’ Dressing Table (2001), winner of the Madrid Booksellers Guild Award; Mauricio o las elecciones primarias (Mauricio or the Primaries) (2006), winner of the José Manuel Lara Novel Prize; El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato (The Amazing Journey of Pomponius Flatus) (2008), which received the Terenci Moix Prize and the Silver Pen at the Bilbao Book Fair; An Englishman in Madrid (2010), winner of the 2010 Planeta Prize and the European Book Prize; El enredo de la bolsa y la vida (The Money and Life Mishap) (2012); El secreto de la modelo extraviada (The Secret of the Missing Model) (2015); El rey recibe (The King Receives) (2018); El negociado del yin y el yang (The Yin and Yang Deal) (2019); Transbordo en Moscú (Transfer in Moscow) (2021) and Three Enigmas for the Organization (2024). In addition to the prizes already mentioned, he has received the Cervantes Prize (2016), the Liber Prize, the National Culture Prize from the Government of Catalonia, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Barcino International Historical Novel Award and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature (2025).

Other activities involving the participant:

Tribute to Carmen Balcells. The revolution of the publishing world
Opening of the Carlos Fuentes Literary Lounge