Marta Orriols

Marta Orriols (Sabadell, 1975) is a Catalan writer from Spain.

[1] She studied cinematographic scriptwriting at the Bande à Part film school in Barcelona and creative writing at the Ateneu Barcelonès.

She received the 2018 Òmnium Prize for best Catalan-language novel by Òmnium Cultural, the No Llegiu Prize, and the Illa dels Llibres Prize for Best Novel of 2018.

[2] Her novel has been translated to several languages, including English (Learning to talk to plants, published by Pushkin Press)[3] and French.

[4] She lives in Barcelona with her two sons.