MB Agencia Literaria

Javier Calvo (Barcelona, 1973) is a novelist, screenwriter, translator, and literary critic. Risas Enlatadas (Mondadori, 2001), his literary debut, was followed by his first novel, El Dios Reflectante (Mondadori, 2003), which cemented his reputation as one of the most original and provocative voices of contemporary Spanish literature. His next work was the short-story collection Los ríos perdidos de Londres (Mondadori, 2005). Mundo Maravilloso (Mondadori, 2007) was short-listed for the Fundación José Manuel Lara Novel Award to the Best Book of the Year 2008 according to Spanish publishers. After Corona de flores (Mondadori, 2010) and the novella Suomenlinna (Alpha Decay, 2010), his latest published title is the novel El jardín colgante (Seix Barral, 2012), winner of the Biblioteca Breve Award.