Melcior Comes

Melcior Comes (Sa Pobla, Mallorca, 1980) has a degree in Law and Literary Theory. His literary work has earned critical and public acclaim, and many of his novels have received the most prestigious awards in the Catalan literary scene. It began in 2003 with L'aire i el món, Ciutat d'Elx Prize and L'estupor que us espera, Documenta Prize, 2004. Then came titles such as El llibre dels plaers immensos, Ciutat de Palma Prize 2006, La batalla de Walter Stamm, Josep Pla Prize 2008, Hotel Indira, Sant Joan Prize for Narrative, 2014, or Sobre la terra impura, a work that marks a turning point in the author's narrative and which received the Serra d'Or Critics Prize, the Joan Crexells Prize for fiction and was a finalist for the Best Catalan Novel of the Year.
He teaches at the writing school, Escola d'Escriptura of the Ateneu Barcelonès, he also regularly collaborates in the media and has translated works by Honoré de Balzac and Victor Hugo.
In 2022 Comes publishes Tots els mecanismes, a literary tour de force of more than 600 pages that not only proves a meticulous work with language but that stands out for its radical mastery of narrative techniques.
El dia de la balena (The Day of the Whale, 2023) is his latest novel, a short text set in a Summer of the late 90ies that is full of transformations and surprises, and that tells us about childhoods that end, own mistakes, first loves and lasting friendships.

Comes has opted for a literature that does not speak of language, but of life, not of the sounds of words, but of their meaning, a literature that represents, after all, the humanity in the most significantly manner.