Born in Barcelona in 1979, Martí Sales has done a bit of everything. He has played for bands (Els Surfing Sirles, Convergència i Unió), studied literary theory and comparative literature; written (Huckleberry Finn, Moll, 2005; Dies feliços a la presó, Empúries, 2007; Ara és el moment, Amsterdam, 2011; Principi d’incertesa, Males Herbes, 2015; La cremallera, Males Herbes, 2016); contributed to Time Out Barcelona; worked as a translator (John Fante, Kurt Vonnegut, Jim Dodge and so on); acted (with the Amaranto theatre company and at countless events and recitals); produced magazines devoted to object art (Al Buit, 2001-2003); and directed Barcelona International Poetry Festival (in cooperation with Eduard Escoffet, 2010-2012) and Poesia i + for Fundació Palau i Fabre.

Biography written in 2017