Gabriel Janer Manila is a Catalan university professor, translator and prize-winning writer, born in Algaida, Mallorca, Spain on November 1, 1940.
A prolific author who has worked in almost every genre, he is well-known across Catalonia and indeed all of Spain. Winner in 2007 of the Premi Ramon Llull, the most prestigious prize in Catalan literature, for his novel Tigers, his work has been translated into several languages (German, English, Spanish, Basque and Galician). In 1998 he was awarded the Cross of Saint George of the Generalitat (Parliament) of Catalonia. Manila combines his literary career with teaching at the University of the Balearic Islands.
He is the father of Maria de la Pau Janer, also a writer.
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