David Castillo i Buïls

David Castillo i Buïls (born Barcelona, 1961) is a Catalan poet, writer, and literary critic. He started out as a poet with counterculture and clandestine publications in the 1970s, although his first published work, a declaration of principles, was the biography of Bob Dylan in 1992. Three years earlier, he had been the anthologist of Ser del segle, which brought together leading voices of the generation of the 1980s. They were followed by a series of poems among them Game over, which won the Premi Carles Riba de poesia|premi Carles Riba. Then, he began a career as a writer with novels like El cel de l'infern and No miris enrere, that was well accepted both by critics and the general public. The first work has been awarded with the premi Crexells for the best Catalan novel of the year 1999. The second has been awarded the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la of 2001. He has received three times the "Atlàntida awards for journalism" and he has also been awarded the Italian "Tratti Poetry Prize for the best foreign poet" for his anthology of poetry translated into Italian. He has been organizing various poetic cycles and he is founder and director of the Poetry Week in Barcelona since 1997.[1]

David Castillo i Buïls
David Castillo at 2010
Born	1961 Barcelona
Occupation	Poet, novelist and biographer
Language	Catalan
Notable awards	Premi Joan Crexells de narrativa (1999), Premi Carles Riba de poesia (1997), Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la (2001)

Moreover, from the very beginning of the new reviews created after the return of democracy in Spain, he has been publishing articles and literary criticisms. From 1989 he is editor of the cultural supplement of the newspaper Avui, in 2011 merged with El Punt forming El Punt Avui. He has been leading for eight years the magazine Lletra de canvi and he has also worked for five-year as a lecturer of Autonomous University of Barcelona. Together with the young poet Marc Sardà he has published the book Conversaciones con Pepín Bello, which has had a deep impact in criticism.[1]