title: Albert Salvadó
text: Albert Salvadó i Miras (1 February 1951 – 3 December 2020) was an Andorran writer and industrial engineer. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish.
  
  Salvadó wrote children's stories, essays and novels, often focusing on historical fiction. He has been described as breathing new life into the historical novel in the Catalan language.
  
  In the crime fiction genre, he has written El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès (Serie Negra Prize 2000), and Una vida en joc, dedicated to the former Casino de la Rabassada (1910).
  In the suspense novel genre, he has written Un vot per l'esperança, a novel that won the title of "Selected Work" in the Plaza & Janés International Novel Prize in 1985 and L'informe Phaeton, which has received unanimous acclaim  from the public, who say this is his most impressive novel.
  In historical fiction he has written books set in different eras: The Teacher of Cheops (Néstor Luján Prize Historical Novel 1998); L'anell d'Àtila (Fiter i Rossell Prize 1999); Els ulls d'Anníbal (Charlemagne Prize 2002); La Gran Concubina d'Egipte (Nestor Lujan Prize 2005); the trilogy dedicated to James I the Conqueror (2000s) comprising: El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa and Parleu o mateu-me; the trilogy dedicated to Ali Bey comprising: Maleït català, Maleït musulmà and Maleït cristià; and  Obre els ulls i desperta, set in 17th-century Prague.
  
  Selected works
  L'enigma de Constantí el Gran
  El mestre de Kheops
  L'anell d'Àtila
  El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès
  Jaume I el Conqueridor (El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa, Parleu o mateu-me)
  L'ull del diable
  El relat de Gunter Psarris
  Un vot per l'esperança
  Els ulls d'Anníbal
  L’ombra d’Ali Bei (Maleït català!, Maleït musulmà!, Maleït cristià!)
  La gran concubina d'Amon
  L'informe Phaeton
  Una vida en joc
   Obre els ulls i desperta (Meteora)
  El ball de la vida co-author Anna Tohà
  Vols viure?
  
  Awards
  1982 - Premi Xerric-Xerrac de contes infantils for La imaginació del nen
  1985 - Obra seleccionada per al premi Plaza & Janés for Libertad para Satanás
  1997 - Finalista del Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for L'Enigma de Constantí el Gran
  1998 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for The teacher of Cheops
  1999 - Premi Fiter i Rossell for L'anell d'Àtila
  2000 - Premi Sèrie Negra de Planeta for El rapte, el mort i el marsellès
  2002 - Premi Carlemany for Els Ulls d'Anníbal
  2005 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for La Gran concubina de Amon
  2016 - Premi Internacional El Vi Fa Sang to their literary trajectory
  2018 - Premi Àgora Cultural del Principat d'Andorra 2017 for his contribution to the enrichment of the literature from Andorra, particularly in the domain of the Historical Novel
  
  References
  
  External links
   Personal webpage of Albert Salvadó
  
  Andorran writers
  People from Andorra la Vella
  Catalan-language writers
  1951 births
  2020 deaths
  Deaths in Andorra