Albert Pijuan

Born in Calafell in 1985, he holds a degree in Political Sciences and in Philosophy. In theatre, he has written around fifteen plays between his own creations and adaptations. Apart from in Catalonia, his plays have been premiered and published in Italy, Chile and Iraq. He is currently dramaturg of theatre company LaminimaL Teatre. His latest productions are Apocalypse Uploaded (FiraTàrrega 2016), the stage adaptation of the novel El jugador, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Teatre Tantarantana 2017) and the monologue Mort d’un pare vietnamita (“Unjust Night” project, Fucina Culturale Machiavelli, Verona 2017). In terms of narrative, he has published El franctirador (2014), Ramon Llull. Ara i aquí (2016) and Seguiràs el ritme del fantasma jamaicà (2017). He has published short tales in numerous anthologies and a book of poetry. From English, he has also translated Evelyn Waugh, Howard Barker and Dalton Trumbo, among others. A

play by this author shown as the Sala Beckett was Nix tu, Simona (2012).