Manuel
Talens was born in Granada in 1948, and graduated from the city’s university
with a degree in medicine. He later completed his studies in Paris and
Montreal. Upon his return to Spain, he settled in Valencia, where he decided to
dedicate himself to literature. Alongside his work as a novelist, he regularly
collaborates in the opinion columns of the Valencian edition of the newspaper
El País. He has also translated into Spanish works of fiction and semiotic
texts, cinema and narrative.