Víctor-M. Amela (1960) has worked as a journalist half his life. Since 1984, he writes chronicles, reviews and interviews for La Vanguardia. He is the master of TV criticism in the Spanish press, as well as co-creator of “La Contra”, a daily section at the back of this newspaper where he has contributed around 1,500 interviews over the years.
He is a regular contributor to radio and TV shows, teaches journalism and mass communication, and has received many prestigious awards, such as: Premio de la Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid, Premi del Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya, Premio Protagonistas, two Micrófonos de Plata, Premio Antonio Mompeón Motos, Premi Catalunya de Comunicació i Relacions Públiques, Premio Ferrer Eguizábal de Periodismo, Premi Àngel de Bronze de la Comunicació, Premio Goliads, and Premi “La Llança” by Òmnium Cultural.
He is the author of Casi todos mis secretos: 99 canales para ver el mundo como Víctor Amela, Grandes contras sobre el amor sabio, Grandes contras sobre la búsqueda de la felicidad, Grandes contras sobre la mente humana, Paraules d’amor (with Roser Amills Bibiloni), Antología de citas, Història cultural de l’audiovisual, La televisió-espectacle, Algunas cosas que he aprendido, Haciendo la contra (I and II), Estampas de la vida forcallana, and the novel El cátaro imperfecto (The Flawed Cathar). Amor contra Roma (Love against Rome) is his second work of fiction.
He has won El Premi Ramon Llull 2016 with his novel written in Catalan, La Filla del Capità Groc . His last book is Yo pude salvar a Lorca (2018), a true story that tells the relationship between his grandfather and Federico Garcia Lorca.