Albert Sánchez Piñol

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Piñol.

Albert Sánchez Piñol
Born	(1965-07-11) 11 July 1965 (age 59) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Anthropologist and writer
Language	Catalan and Spanish
Citizenship	Spanish
Period	20th–21st centuries
Genre	Non-fiction and novels

Albert Sánchez Piñol (Catalan pronunciation: [əlˈβɛrt ˈsaɲtʃəθ piˈɲɔl]; born 11 July 1965) is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish.

He has been described as a "significant European writer".[1][2][3]

Works

• Compagnie difficili (2000), with Marcelo Fois
• Pallassos i monstres (Clowns and Monsters) (2000)
• Les edats d´or (2001)
• La pell freda (Cold Skin) (2002)
• Pandora al Congo (Pandora in the Congo) (2005)
• Tretze tristos tràngols (Trece tristes trances in Spanish) (2008)
• Victus, the Fall of Barcelona (2012)
• Vae Victus (2015)
• Fungus, el rei dels Pirineus (Fungus: The King Of The Pyrenees) (2018)
• El monstre de Santa Helena (The Monster on Saint Helena) (2022)
• Pregària a Prosèrpina (Prayer to Proserpina) (2023)

See also

• List of anthropologists
• List of Catalan-language writers
• List of novelists
• List of Spanish writers

References

1. Foden, Giles (25 April 2008). "Art of Darkness – Giles Foden Enjoys Albert Sánchez Piñol's Genre-Busting Expedition into the Heart of Colonial Africa, Pandora in the Congo". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
2. Eaude, Michael (16 May 2008). "Pandora in the Congo, by Albert Sánchez Piñol, trans. Mara Faye Lethem – A Book of Dangerous Boys". The Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
3. Theroux, Marcel (19 December 2005). "Cold Skin". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

External links

• Albert Sánchez Piñol at IMDb
• "Albert Sánchez Piñol". lletrA-UOC – Open University of Catalonia.