Edgar Cantero

Edgar Cantero
Born	May 27, 1981 Barcelona
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Writer, cartoonist
Notable work	Dormir amb Winona Ryder The Supernatural Enhancements
Website	punkahoy.blogspot.com

Edgar Cantero (born 27 May 1981 in Barcelona) is a Spanish writer and cartoonist working in Catalan, Spanish and English. He is known for his books Dormir amb Winona Ryder, which won the 2007 Joan Crexells Award^[1][2][3] and The Supernatural Enhancements (2014), his debut in the English language.

Bibliography

Novels

• Dormir amb Winona Ryder (Sleeping with Winona Ryder – Catalan, 2007)^[4][5][6]
• Vallvi (Catalan, 2011)
• The Supernatural Enhancements (English, 2014)^[7]
• Meddling Kids (English, future project)^[8]

Novellas

(All in Catalan.)

• Baileys n'coke (2008)
• Dies delenda (2008)

Short stories

(All in Catalan.)

• "El nexe entre el sexe i el plexe venós dorsal" (2005)
• "L'urinari d'Hesíode" (2005). English translation, "Aesop's Urinal", published in Best European Fiction 2016, 2015.^[9]
• "20/XX" (2006)
• "Tres nadons" (2007)
• "Un cadàver bonic" (2013)

References

1. Marrugat, Jordi. Narrativa catalana de la postmodernitat. Històries, formes i motius (Catalan postmodern narrative. Stories, shapes and motifs). Edicions Univers. Barcelona. p. 38. ISBN 9788447537587. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. "El jove Edgar Cantero obté el premi Crexells per 'Dormir amb Winona Ryder' (Young Edgar Cantero wins the Crexells Award for 'Sleeping with Winona Ryder')". Diaride Girona. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
3. Muntaner, Maria (2010). Transformacions: llenguatges teòrics i relacions interartístiques (1975-2000) (Transformations: theoretical languages and interartistic links (1975-2000)). L'Abadia de Montserrat. pp. 221–223. ISBN 9788498832938. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
4. "El joven escritor Edgar Cantero nos propone «Dormir amb Winona Ryder» (Young author Edgar Cantero proposes 'Sleeping with Winona Ryder')". ABC. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
5. "'Dormir amb Winona Ryder', del joven Edgar Cantero se lleva el XXXVII Premi Crexells de novela catalana (Young Edgar Cantero's 'Sleeping with Winona Ryder' wins the XXXVII Crexells award for Catalan novel)". Europa Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
6. "¿De qué escriben los jóvenes? (What are young people writing about?)". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
7. Floyd Kelly, James. "A TL;DR Book Review —Supernatural Enhancements". Geek Dad. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
8. "Eight Months". Punk Ahoy!. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
9. Best European Fiction 2016. Dalkey Archive. 2015. pp. 240–244. ISBN 9781628971149.

External links

• Official website