Miquel Izquierdo

Barcelona, 1967
Miquel Izquierdo Ramón (Barcelona, 1967) is a literary translator and author with more than three decades of professional experience. He holds a degree in Italian Philology and began his academic career as a Spanish language lecturer at the University of Illinois in Chicago (1994–96).
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Specialised in translating from Italian and English into Spanish and Catalan, he has brought into our language key authors such as Primo Levi, Michael Moore, Paolo Cognetti and Renato de Fusco. His professional work spans major publishing groups such as Planeta and Ediciones B, as well as prominent independent presses.

A dabbler in design, photography and art, he has channelled this passion into his work as a writer. He is the author of the monograph Miguel Milá, diseñador preindustrial (La Fábrica, 2025) and of the essay at hand. 

A sensorial journey into the creative universe of Antoni Arola, where light becomes a living material.