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Iolanda Batallé

b. 1971

Catalan writer, journalist, publisher and teacher

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Born 1971. Iolanda Batallé is a Spanish writer, journalist, publisher and university teacher.

Iolanda Batallé (born 1971, in Barcelona) is a Catalan writer and editor. She was the Director of Institut Ramon Llull between 2018 and 2021. She is now director of Ona Llibres since 2022.

Biography Born in Barcelona in 1971, Batallé is a Graduate in English Philology (University of Barcelona and University of Southampton) and has a Master's in Business Administration from the ESADE Business School and the University of Berkeley.

Since 1990, she has collaborated with several media bodies such as El Observador, Diari de Girona, COM Ràdio and RAC 1. She was Editor and Head of Press at Random House Mondadori (until 2009).

She has been also serving as a Professor of Master in Publishing and Master in Literary Creation at Universitat Pompeu Fabra since 2008 and 2016 respectively.

She has previously been a Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature in California.

As a writer, she has published the novel La memòria de les formigues (The Memory of Ants) in 2009, and, in 2011, El límit exacte dels nostres cossos (The Precise Limit of Our Bodies), a collection of stories. In 2013, her novel Faré tot el que tu vulguis (I Will Do Whatever You Want) won the Prudenci Bertrana prize.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Barcelona, University of Southampton, ESADE, Aula Escola Europea
Positions held
Institut Ramon Llull's director, Director
Employers
Pompeu Fabra University, Institut Ramon Llull, Grup Enciclopèdia, Random House
Awards
Prudenci Bertrana Prize
Also known as
Iolanda Batallé i Prats

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Iolanda Batallé's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Iolanda Batallé?

Catalan writer, journalist, publisher and teacher

When was Iolanda Batallé born?

Iolanda Batallé was born on 31 December 1971 in Barcelona.

What is Iolanda Batallé's occupation?

Iolanda Batallé is a writer, journalist, publisher and university teacher.

What nationality is Iolanda Batallé?

Iolanda Batallé is Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Iolanda Batallé

· Wikidata: Q20855863

· DBpedia: Iolanda Batallé

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