Albert Forns

Born in Granollers in 1982, Albert Forns is a journalist and award-winning Catalan writer. He regularly writes on theatre, literature and visual arts for his blog as well as for Time Out Barcelona, ARA newspaper and the digital magazine Núvol.com.  He has published two novels – Jambalaia (Anagrama, 2016) which won the Anagrama Prize, and Albert Serra (la novel·la, no el cineasta) (Empúries, 2013) which picked up the Documenta Prize. His poetry collection Ultracolors (LaBreu Edicions, 2013) was inspired by the work of contemporary artists. His story “The Infinite Demonstration” is included in a forthcoming anthology of new writing from Parthian Books.

Albert Forns is one of 10 New Voices from Europe 2016, selected by Literary Europe Live.