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Biografisk notat
Agustín Fernández Mallo was born in La Coruña in 1967, and is a qualified physicist. In 2000 he formulated a self-termed theory of ‘post-poetry’ which explores connections between art and science. His Nocilla Trilogy, published between 2006 and 2009, brought about an important shift in contemporary Spanish writing and paved the way for the birth of a new generation of authors, known as the ‘Nocilla Generation’. His essay Postpoesía, hacia un nuevo paradigma was shortlisted for the Anagrama Essay Prize in 2009. In 2018 his long essay Teoría de la basura (cultura, apropriacionismo y complejidad) was published by Galaxia Gutenberg, and in the same year his latest novel, Trilogía de la guerra (forthcoming from Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2021 as The Things We’ve Seen), won the Biblioteca Breve Prize.
<p>‘With the tools of a scientist and the nose of a poet, Fernández Mallo dissects the materials he finds anywhere and everywhere (libraries and garbage dumps, real cities and virtual realities, audiovisual archives and personal memories) to construct, from these fragments, thoughts, and classifications, collages that could only be the fruit of illogic, dreams, accidents.’<br />
— Jorge Carrión, <em>4Columns</em><br />
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<p>‘Sometimes puzzling, even inexplicable, but rich. Just the thing for fans of Cortázar – and Borges, too.’<br />
— <em>Kirkus</em></p>
<p>‘Reading <em>Nocilla Lab</em> is an enjoyable challenge, a mental exercise that moves between formats and genres in the most unpredictable ways. […] The different layers Agustín Fernández Mallo puts together make up a literary experience that will no doubt be an unforgettable one for whoever embarks on this journey.’<br />
— Laila Obeidat, <em>The London Magazine</em></p>
<p>‘With the tools of a scientist and the nose of a poet, Fernández Mallo dissects the materials he finds anywhere and everywhere (libraries and garbage dumps, real cities and virtual realities, audiovisual archives and personal memories) to construct, from these fragments, thoughts, and classifications, collages that could only be the fruit of illogic, dreams, accidents.’<br />
— Jorge Carrión, <em>4Columns</em><br />
</p>
<p>‘Sometimes puzzling, even inexplicable, but rich. Just the thing for fans of Cortázar – and Borges, too.’<br />
— <em>Kirkus</em></p>
<p>‘Reading <em>Nocilla Lab</em> is an enjoyable challenge, a mental exercise that moves between formats and genres in the most unpredictable ways. […] The different layers Agustín Fernández Mallo puts together make up a literary experience that will no doubt be an unforgettable one for whoever embarks on this journey.’<br />
— Laila Obeidat, <em>The London Magazine</em></p>