Jordi Soler, born in Veracruz in 1963, is a novelist, diplomat, essayist, and poet. His notable works include Los rojos de ultramar (2004), La última hora del último día (2007), La fiesta del oso (2012), which was distinguished in France with the Prix Littéraire des Jeunes Européens, Diles que son cadáveres (2011), Restos humanos (2013), and Ese príncipe que fui (2015). His most recent novel is El reino del toro sagrado (2024). He lives in Barcelona, the city his family left at the end of the Civil War. He is a knight of the Irish Order of the Finnegans.
