España
Víctor Del Árbol (Spain, 1968) holds a degree in History from the University of Barcelona. He worked as an officer of the Catalan police force from 1992 to 2012. In 2003, he was the runner-up for the VIII Fernando Lara Award with El abismo de los sueños (The Abyss of Dreams) and in 2006, he won the Tiflos de Novela Award with the El peso de los muertos (Weight of the Dead). His novel La tristeza del samurai (The Samurai’s Grief, 2011) received the Le Prix du Polar Européen 2012 and was runner-up of the Prix polar SNCF 2013 in France. Afterwards he published Respirar por la herida (The Breathe through the Wound, 2013), and Un millón de gotas (A Million Drops, 2014) winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2015, best foreign noir novel (Magazine Lire) and Le Prix du Polar SNCF 2018.
His novel, La víspera de casi todo (The Eve of Almost Everything), was awarded the Nadal Prize in 2016. His latest publications are Por encima de la lluvia (Above the Rain, 2017), Antes de los años terribles (Before the Terrible Years, 2019) and El hijo del padre (The Son of the Father, 2021).
He was appointed Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des lettres.
His work has been translated widely.
Praise:
“Roman glaçant de noirceur, dépassant largement les codes classiques du thriller, ce troisième livre, mais le premier traduit en français, de Victor del Arbol, démontre que, dans les familles aussi, l'effet papillon peut jouer à plein et pour le malheur du plus grand nombre. “
- About La tristesse du samouraï, Le Monde.
“Victor del Arbol se sert des secrets d'une famille déchirée par les soubresauts de l'Histoire pour bâtir une intrigue impeccable, où l'on meurt beaucoup mais où l'on aime encore plus.”
- About Toutes les vagues de l’océan, Le Magazine Du monde.
“We firmly believe that this author deserves more; his books are, if not above, on the same level of authors such as Stieg Larsson.”
- About The Sadness of the Samurai, Mystery Tribune.
“Víctor del Arbol has a very important place in contemporary literature.” El Mundo
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Literary Genres: contemporary fiction - police, black and suspense
Published at: España, Francia, Estados Unidos, Holanda, Polonia, Rumanía, Macedonia
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