
Javier Salinas holds degrees in Hispanic Philology and Law and has pursued doctoral studies in Contemporary Spanish Literature. His career has spanned multiple roles, including writer, translator, editorial advisor, and instructor of creative writing and yoga. He is the author of Felicidad, manual de instrucciones (Ediciones Urano) and five novels, including Los hijos de los Masai (Alfaguara, 2004), which earned him the Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Prize for its German translation. His works have been translated into German, French, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, and Portuguese.