José Carlos Llop
Palma de Mallorca, 1956
José Carlos Llop es autor de dos libros de relatos: Pasaporte diplomático (El Aleph, 1991) y La novela del siglo (Premio NH para el Mejor Libro de Cuentos publicado en 1999; El Aleph Editores). Ha publicado seis libros de poesía –entre los que cabe citar La oración de Mr. Hyde (Península, 2001), La dádiva (Renacimiento, 2004) y La avenida de la luz (Lumen, 2007)– y es autor de cinco volúmenes de Diarios: La estación inmóvil (Port-Royal, 1990), Champán y sapos (Bitzoc, 1994), Arsenal (Lengua de Trapo, 1996), El Japón en Los Ángeles (Península, 1999), y La escafandra (Destino, 2006). Su obra como novelista comprende El informe Stein (Muchnik, 1995; RBA, 2008; Prix Écureuil de littérature étrangère, 2008), La cámara de á
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