Juan Goméz Bárcena

Bio: Juan Gómez Bárcena's was the Cheuse Center's Annual Writer-in-Residence from Spain, in collaboration with Spain Culture and Arts in 2023. Bárcena has degrees in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, History, and Philosophy. He is the prize-winning author of four novels and one collection of short fiction. Awards for his work include the City of Barcelona Prize, the Spanish National Radio Ojo Crítico Prize, and the Vanity Fair Prize for Best Novel of the Year. His work has been translated in eight languages and he has been recognized as one of the most outstanding authors of new Spanish prose. He lives in Madrid.

Events: New Narratives from Spain, Researching the Past for the Present, Not Even The Dead - A CHEUSE SALON at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain