Baltasar Porcel, raised in the poor, rural Majorca of the post-war period, soon settled in Barcelona. Compelled by his interest in politics and the functioning of power, he traveled far and wide, coming into contact with the greatest historical moments of his time, including the emergence of the hippie movement, Mao’s China, and decolonized Africa. He founded the Catalan Institute of the Mediterranean, an institution devoted to promoting understanding and exchange of knowledge between different Mediterranean peoples.
The author of an extensive and varied body of work, primarily prose and literary non-fiction, Porcel aspired to comprehend all the humanity of his era. His novels fell into three main types: imaginative recreations of ancient, primitive Majorca; intellectual and sensory explorations of distant lands; and examinations of the highs and lows of politics and power.
«The literature of Baltasar Porcel is one of the most solid and most significant of the late twentieth century.»
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