Anna Ballbona i Puig

Anna Ballbona i Puig (Montmeló, 1980) is a Spanish journalist, writer and literary critic. She usually collaborates on media such as El PuntAvui, El 9 Nou, El 9 Esportiu i Núvol. She studied Journalism, Literary theory and Comparative literature. In 2008 she was awarded the Premi Amadeu Oller for her first book of poems, La mare que et renyava era un robot. In 2016 she was one of the first writers to use the Faber Residency.

Published work La mare que et renyava era un robot, Galerada, 2002 Quàntiques!: 10 poetes joves en diferencial femení, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008 [collective work] Conill de gàbia, Labreu edicions, 2012 Joyce i les gallines (a novel), Anagrama, 2016 No soc aquí (Anagrama, 2020)

Awards 2008 — Premi Amadeu Oller 2009 — Premi Salvador Reynaldos of Journalism 2020 — Anagrama Award for Catalan novels.