Eduardo Mendoza is one of the most relevant writers in contemporary Spanish letters. He is best known for his novels, but his writing activities include numerous genres, from the essay to playwriting, screenwriting, translation, and newspaper columns. He has published, so far, twenty-one novels, six about his anonymous and psychologically unhinged detective, many of them translated to several languages, three plays (written in Catalan in the original version and later translated to Castilian Spanish), and seven essays on a variety of topics, such as Barcelona modernista [Modernist Barcelona], co-authored with his sister Cristina Mendoza, curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona; his own personal experience in Nueva York, and spiritual matters such as Las barbas del profeta [The Prophet Beard]. Mendoza has been awarded several national and international prizes, such as the Premio...
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Citation: Saval, José. "Eduardo Mendoza". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 March 2026 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12000, accessed 09 June 2026.]
