Agustín Fernández Mallo is a Spanish writer and physicist. His Nocilla Trilogy, published between 2006 and 2009, initiated a new wave in Spanish writing and led to the emergence of the 'Nocilla Generation' of authors.
Agustín Fernández Mallo was born in A Coruña in 1967. He studied physics and, in addition to his work as a physicist, he writes for cultural magazines such as Lateral, Contrastes and La Bolsa de Pipas. His literary work includes poetry, fiction and essays, highlighting his multidisciplinary approach.
His poetry collections include Yo siempre regreso a los pezones y al punto 7 del Tractatus (2001), Creta, lateral travelling (2004), Joan Fontaine Odisea (mi deconstrucción) (2005), and Carne de Píxel (2008), which won the Ciudad de Burgos Poetry Award.
His fiction works include the Nocilla Trilogy: Nocilla Dream (2006), Nocilla Experience (2008), and Nocilla Lab (2009).
Mallo's essay Postpoesía: hacia un nuevo paradigma (2009) was shortlisted for the Anagrama Essay Prize. His long essay Teoría general de la basura (cultura, apropiación, complejidad) was published in 2018, the same year his novel The Things We've Seen won the Biblioteca Breve Prize.
In 2022, he received the Eugenio Trías Essay Prize for La forma de la multitud.
The Book of All Loves (2024), Mallo's latest work, is his fifth publication with Fitzcarraldo Editions. Set after the Great Blackout, it explores the near-extinction of humanity through the dialogue of a pair of lovers. The novel blends fiction, essay, poetry, and philosophy and presents a composite image of love that extends into metaphysics, geology and AI.
Reflecting on his style, Mallo states, "The intersection of art and science offers endless possibilities for exploring the human condition."
Agustín Fernández Mallo lives in Palma de Mallorca.
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