Enrique Vila-Matas

Enrique Vila-Matas was born in Barcelona in 1948. He studied law and journalism, and in his youth was involved in cinema. His literary work constantly challenges the categorisations so common in literature. In his books, there are no boundaries between fiction, essay and biography. It is an ‘artistic construction’ in constant evolution, into which his life experiences, his adventures as a reader and as a writer, as well as a provocative and playful spirit, all converge. All this results in a post-literary and daring narrative. Vila-Matas allows his writing the greatest possible freedom and sets it on adventures. As Cervantes says: ‘For freedom, Sancho, just as for honour, a man must risk his life’.