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Guasch

Pol Guasch is a Catalan poet and writer. His debut novel Napalm in the Heart was the winner of the 2021 Llibres Anagrama Prize and has been translated into several languages as well as being adapted for theatre and film. Guasch was awarded 42nd Revelation Award and the Eñe Festival Talent Award for his first novel. He has a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Theory from King’s College London and is a PhD researcher on love and poetics at the Universitat de Barcelona. His writing scholarships and residences include the Santa Maddalena Foundation, among others.

Pol Guasch is a Catalan poet and writer. His debut novel Napalm in the Heart was the winner of the 2021 Llibres Anagrama Prize and has been translated into several languages as well as being adapted for theatre and film. Guasch was awarded 42nd Revelation Award and the Eñe Festival Talent Award for his first novel. He has a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Theory from King’s College London and is a PhD researcher on love and poetics at the Universitat de Barcelona. His writing scholarships and residences include the Santa Maddalena Foundation, among others.

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