Kiko Amat

Kiko Amat was born in Sant Boi de Llobregat, in the Barcelona periphery. His father was a rugby player and his mother was an ancillary at the local asylum. He left school at seventeen to become a mod, kleptomaniac, record seller, McDonald’s cashier, assembly line operator at Seat Martorell, campsite watchman, commercial postman and waiter at a big hotel.

He has published the novels El día que me vaya no se lo diré a nadie (2003), Cosas que hacen BUM (2007), Rompepistas (2009), Eres el mejor, Cienfuegos (2012), Antes del huracán (2018) and Revancha (2021), all with Anagrama. He is also the author of three books of non-fiction, Mil violines (2011) and Chap chap (2015) and Los enemigos; cómo sobrevivir al odio y aprovechar la enemistad (2022).

He co-directed the Primera Persona festival at the CCCB, co-scripts and co-hosts the Pop y Muerte (Radio Primavera Sound) podcast, and is part of the team behind the Finestres bookshop.