Emili Rosales i Castellà (born February 12, 1968) is a Catalan writer and editor. He began in the field of poetry, but quickly became a novelist. After publishing three books in four years, he dedicated five years to publish the fifth. Rosales' fifth novel was called La ciutat invisible. The novel's plot alternates between the present day and the reign of Charles III of Spain. The effort was rewarded and La ciutat invisible won the Sant Jordi award and received great reviews. The novel has been translated into Spanish and English (as The Invisible City).

Rosales has also worked as a translator and as a literature professor. He occasionally publishes book reviews in the press. He is the editorial director of Grup 62 (a publishing house) and Destino.

Emili Rosales i Castellà

Work

Poetry

1989 – Ciutats i mar

1991 – Els dies i tu

Novels

1995 – La casa de la platja

1997 – Els amos del món

1999 – Mentre Barcelona dorm

2005 – La ciutat invisible

Awards

2005 – Sant Jordi for La ciutat invisible

References

Living people

Writers from Catalonia

Spanish historical novelists

Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period

1968 births

Emili Rosales i Castellà