Felipe Benítez Reyes

Felipe Benítez Reyes is a Spanish writer born in Rota, Cadiz, where he still lives to this day. His literary output spans genres, including poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and opinion pieces. Reyes’s poetry has won, among others, the Premio de la Crítica and the Premio Nacional de Literatura, both awarded for his 1995 collection Vidas improbables. Among his novels, notable works include La propiedad del paraíso, Humo, El novio del mundo, El pensamiento de los monstrous, and Mercado de espejismos. His 2009 collection of short fiction, Oficios estelares, also won multiple prizes (Premio Mario Vargas Llosa NH, Premio Tiflos, and Premio Hucha de Oro). Reyes’s work has been translated into English, Italian, Russian, French, Romanian, and Portuguese. (Photo credit: image courtesy of regalavinodejerez)