Andrés Barba

In 2003 he was a resident at the Spanish Academy in Rome. In 2004 he stayed at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid. In 2016 he was invited by the British Council and Queen Mary University of London for a fellowship and in 2018 he received the prestigious Cullman Center Fellowship from the New York Public Library. He is the co-founder, along with the painter Alberto Pina (with whom he lived at the Spanish Academy in Rome), of the publishing house of artists' books El cañón de Garibaldi. He is married to writer and translator Carmen M. Caceres, with whom he has translated and written in collaboration and with whom he has a son and a daughter. He currently resides in Argentina.

Andrés Barba studied at Complutense University of Madrid and Real Academia de España en Roma. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is Spanish literature and creative and professional writing. Residence is recorded at Posadas. Distinctions recorded are Premio Herralde.

• Name — Andrés Barba • Born — 1975 • Birthplace — Madrid • Occupation — Writer • Language — Spanish • Notable Works — A Luminous Republic • Awards — Premio Herralde

• Rain Over Madrid, translated by Lisa Dillman, Madrid: Hispabooks, 2014 [original title: Ha dejado de llover (2012)] • August, October, translated by Lisa Dillman, Madrid: Hispabooks, 2015 [original title: Agosto, Octubre (2010)] • Such Small Hands, translated by Lisa Dillman, Oakland: Transit Books, 2017 [original title: Las manos pequeñas (2008)] • The Right Intention, translated by Lisa Dillman, Oakland: Transit Books, 2018 [original title: La recta intención (2002)] • A Luminous Republic, translated by Lisa Dillman, Granta London, 2021. • Last Day of a Prior Life, translated by Lisa Dillman, Scribe, 2026.