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Martí Gironell
Martí Gironell (Besalú, 1971) is a journalist and writer. His debut, The Bridge of the Jews, is the biggest bestselling historical novel ever written by a Catalan author and has sold over 100.000 copies. He has written several novels set in different periods of Catalan history featuring universal protagonists. He is considered a master of the historical commercial genre and his novels have brought renewed interest and fame to forgotten yet fascinating figures of Southern Europe’s history. His novel Stars in his Eyes, winner of the 2018 Ramon Llull Novel Award, has sold over 30.000 copies and has been translated into Spanish, Bulgarian, English, Dutch, and Arabic. In 2022, he won the Prudenci Bertrana Award for his work The Maker of Memories and in 2024 he published Treasure Mountain, featuring the captivating story of an altar boy set in Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey during the Spanish Civil War. He is also the author of a popular picture book series for children and in 2026 he published his first middle grade novel, The Last Screen.
