David Aliaga is a Spanish writer and editor. In 2021, he was named by ''

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'' magazine as one of the best young writers in the Spanish language. He studied journalism at the

Autonomous University of Barcelona The Autonomous University of Barcelona (; Spanish: ; ; UAB) is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. , the university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, lif ...

and obtained a Master's in Humanities from the

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. He specializes in the representation of identity, in contemporary literature and comics. He regularly writes for the magazines '' Quimera'' and ''

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'', the portal ''Sala de Peligro'', and

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in Spain. His articles have also been published in international media such as '' Avispero'' (Mexico) and ''Jewish Renaissance'' (England). In 2018, he co-directed the third edition of Séfer, the Barcelona Jewish Book Festival, with Víctor Sorenssen. He is also the author of four works of fiction. Notables among these are ''Y no me llamaré más Jacob'' (2016) and ''El año nuevo de los árboles'' (2018). His stories have been translated into English, Italian and Icelandic. In 2021, he was included in "10 de 30", a program to promote Spanish authors abroad. The same year, the Barcelona City Council awarded him the

Montserrat Roig Montserrat Roig i Fransitorra (; Barcelona, 13 June 1946 – 10 November 1991) was a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and articles.

writing scholarship.

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