Albert Salvadó

Albert Salvadó i Miras (1 February 1951 – 3 December 2020) was an Andorran writer and industrial engineer. He wrote children's stories, essays and novels, in both Catalan and Spanish, often focusing on historical fiction. He has been described as breathing new life into the historical novel in the Catalan language.

Works
In the crime fiction genre, he has written El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès (Serie Negra Prize 2000), and Una vida en joc, dedicated to the former Casino de la Rabassada (1910).

In the suspense novel genre, he has written Un vot per l'esperança, a novel that won the title of "Selected Work" in the Plaza & Janés International Novel Prize in 1985 and L'informe Phaeton, which has received unanimous acclaim from the public, who say this is his most impressive novel.

In historical fiction he has written books set in different eras: The Teacher of Cheops (Néstor Luján Prize Historical Novel 1998); L'anell d'Àtila (Fiter i Rossell Prize 1999); Els ulls d'Anníbal (Charlemagne Prize 2002); La Gran Concubina d'Egipte (Nestor Lujan Prize 2005); the trilogy dedicated to James I the Conqueror (2000s) comprising: El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa and Parleu o mateu-me; the trilogy dedicated to Ali Bey comprising: Maleït català, Maleït musulmà and Maleït cristià; and Obre els ulls i desperta, set in 17th-century Prague.

Awards

 * 1982 - Premi Xerric-Xerrac de contes infantils for La imaginació del nen
 * 1985 - Obra seleccionada per al premi Plaza & Janés for Libertad para Satanás
 * 1997 - Finalista del Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for L'Enigma de Constantí el Gran
 * 1998 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for The teacher of Cheops
 * 1999 - Premi Fiter i Rossell for L'anell d'Àtila
 * 2000 - Premi Sèrie Negra de Planeta for El rapte, el mort i el marsellès
 * 2002 - Premi Carlemany for Els Ulls d'Anníbal
 * 2005 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for La Gran concubina de Amon
 * 2016 - Premi Internacional El Vi Fa Sang for his body of work
 * 2018 - Premi Àgora Cultural del Principat d'Andorra 2017 for his contribution to the enrichment of the literature from Andorra, particularly in the domain of the Historical Novel