Andrés Barba

Andrés Barba (born 1975 in Madrid) is a Spanish writer. He first gained renown with his novel La hermana de Katia (2001) which was nominated for the Premio Herralde and turned into a movie by Mijke de Jong. His novel Las manos pequeñas appeared in English as Such Small Hands (Transit Books, 2017), translated by Lisa Dillman, where it was heralded by such authors as Edmund White.[1] Other major works include Versiones de Teresa (2006) which won the Premio Torrente Ballester and Muerte de un caballo (2010), winner of the Premio Juan March. In 2017 he won the Premio Herralde for República luminosa.

Barba was included by Granta magazine in their Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists list, published in 2010. His work has been translated into several European languages.[2] Barba himself translated numerous English and American classics into Spanish. He taught at Bowdoin College and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.