Gabi Martínez
From 3 May to 17 May 2021

The journalist and author Gabi Martínez was born in Barcelona in 1971. A prolific writer who enjoys defying strict literary genres, he is known for both his fiction and nonfiction works. Sólo para gigantes (Alfaguara, 2011) and En la Barrera (Heterodoxos, 2012) were shortlisted for the best Spanish-language nonfiction books. The English translation In the Land of Giants: Hunting Monsters in the Hindu Kush (Scribe, 2017) was a runner up for the Society of Authors’ Premio Valle-Inclán Award. His novel Las defensas (Seix Barral, 2017) was selected as “best book of the year” by several Spanish newspapers and media. His latest book is Un cambio de verdad (Seix Barral, 2020).