Participants

Born in Barcelona in 1979, Martí Sales is a writer and traductor, has a degree in Comparative Literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and was a member of the music group Els Surfing Sirles. He has published Huckleberry Finn, winner of the 2005 Vila de Lloseta Prize (Editorial Moll, 2006); Dies feliços a la presó ("Happy Days in Prison" – Editorial Empúries, 2007), and Ara és el moment ("Now Is the Moment" – Amsterdam, 2012). Sales has also translated Jim Dodge, Kurt Vonnegut, Harold Pinter and John Fante. He was director of the International Poetry Festival of Barcelona (2010-2012).