Albert Salvadó


Albert Salvadó i Miras was an Andorran writer and industrial engineer. He wrote children's stories, essays and novels, in both Catalan and prize in 2017. He was Minister of Culture of Andorra la Vella from 2003 until 2007.
WWW albertsalvado.com

Life

Salvadó was born on 1 February 1951. He was an industrial engineer. Salvadó was Minister of Culture of Andorra la Vella from 2003 until 2007. He died on 3 December 2020, aged 69. He was Minister of Culture of Andorra la Vella from 2003 until 2007. He was a member of the Association of Catalan Language Writers.

Works

In the crime fiction genre, he has written El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès, and Una vida en joc, dedicated to the former Casino de la Rabassada.
In the suspense novel genre, he has written Un vot per l'esperança, a novel that won the title of "Selected Work" in the Plaza & Janés International Novel Prize in 1985 and L'informe Phaeton. In historical fiction he has written books set in different eras: The Teacher of Cheops ; L'anell d'Àtila ; Els ulls d'Anníbal ; La Gran Concubina d'Egipte ; the trilogy dedicated to James I the Conqueror comprising: El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa and Parleu o mateu-me; the trilogy dedicated to Ali Bey comprising: Maleït català, Maleït musulmà and Maleït cristià; and Obre els ulls i desperta, set in 17th-century Prague.
Salvadó's work has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, French, English, Portuguese, Greek, Czech and Slovak.

Awards

  • 1982 - Premi Xerric-Xerrac de contes infantils for La imaginació del nen
  • 1985 - Obra seleccionada per al premi Plaza & Janés for Libertad para Satanás
  • 1997 - Finalista del Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for L'Enigma de Constantí el Gran
  • 1998 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for The teacher of Cheops
  • 1999 - Premi Fiter i Rossell for L'anell d'Àtila
  • 2000 - Premi Sèrie Negra de Planeta for El rapte, el mort i el marsellès
  • 2002 - Premi Carlemany for Els Ulls d'Anníbal
  • 2005 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for La Gran concubina de Amon
  • 2016 - Premi Internacional El Vi Fa Sang for his body of work
  • 2018 - Premi Àgora Cultural del Principat d'Andorra 2017 for his contribution to the enrichment of the literature from Andorra, particularly in the domain of the Historical Novel