Bernat Castany Prado (Barcelona, 1977) is a writer and professor at the University of Barcelona. He is an author of the essays Literatura posnacional and Que nada se sabe. El escepticismo en la obra de Jorge Luis Borges, and the poetry collections Más fácil todavía and La divina comedia, among other books. He has published several academic articles about philosophy and Latin American literature, and he regularly collaborates with the media, including in places like El País, Zenda Libros, and Pliego Suelto.