Salvador Company (Valencia, 1970) is a writer and translator. He obtained a doctorate in Hispanic Philology in 1998 and, despite his youth, he is one of the most outstanding representatives of Valencian literature today.
His first book is a collection of short stories, El cel a trossos: gent de Benborser (Heaven in Pieces: People of Benborser), which was published in 2001, to be followed by the novel Voleriana (2002), winner of the 2001 Documenta Prize, and the four stories that comprise the book Lawn Tennis (original title in English, 2004). These three works are set in Benborser, a fictional town imagined by the author. Salvador Company's prose is lively and precise, and notable for the attention to style and narrative coherence that are characteristic of his work, along with his distinctive ironic tone.
He has written brief essays on literature for different reviews, in particular L'Espill and Literatures, where he frequently publishes his work. Between 1997 and 2000 he taught in the University of Valencia, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Birmingham University in the United Kingdom. He is currently teaching Universal Literature in the UCV of Valencia.
Salvador Company is a member of the AELC board and is also on the board of the Institute of Catalan Letters. |
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