Albert Salvadó i Miras (1 February 1951 – 3 December 2020)
was an

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n writer and industrial engineer. He wrote in both

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and Spanish. Salvadó wrote children's stories, essays and novels, often focusing on historical fiction. He has been described as breathing new life into the historical novel in the Catalan language. In the crime fiction genre, he has written El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès (Serie Negra Prize 2000), and Una vida en joc, dedicated to the former Casino de la Rabassada (1910). 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, which has received unanimous acclaim from the public, who say this is his most impressive novel. In historical fiction he has written books set in different eras: The Teacher of Cheops (Néstor Luján Prize Historical Novel 1998); L'anell d'Àtila (Fiter i Rossell Prize 1999); Els ulls d'Anníbal (Charlemagne Prize 2002); La Gran Concubina d'Egipte (Nestor Lujan Prize 2005); the trilogy dedicated to

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(2000s) 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

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Selected works

*''L'enigma de Constantí el Gran'' *''El mestre de Kheops'' *''L'anell d'Àtila'' *''El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès'' *''Jaume I el Conqueridor'' (''El punyal del sarraí'', ''La reina hongaresa'', ''Parleu o mateu-me'') *''L'ull del diable'' *''El relat de Gunter Psarris'' *''Un vot per l'esperança'' *''Els ulls d'Anníbal'' *''L’ombra d’Ali Bei'' (''Maleït català!,'' ''Maleït musulmà!,'' ''Maleït cristià!)'' *''La gran concubina d'Amon'' *''L'informe Phaeton'' *''Una vida en joc'' * ''Obre els ulls i desperta'' (Meteora) *''El ball de la vida'' co-author Anna Tohà *''Vols viure?''

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'' to their literary trajectory *''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

References

External links

Personal webpage of Albert Salvadó
Andorran writers People from Andorra la Vella Catalan-language writers 1951 births 2020 deaths Deaths in Andorra {{Andorra-writer-stub