Javier Montes (born in Madrid in 1976) is a Spanish writer. He won the José María de Pereda Award with ''Los penúltimos'', his first novel. With ''La ceremonia del porno'', he won the Anagrama Essay Award, together with Andrés Barba. In 2010, ''Granta'' magazine included him in its selection of the best young writers in Spanish. He has written for ''El País'', ''Granta'', ''Artforum'' and ''The Literary Hub'', and his work has been recognized with the Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, the Leonardo Scholarship from the BBVA Foundation, and a stint as writer-in-residence at MALBA in Buenos Aires. He has also published ''La vida de hotel'', ''Luz del fuego'', and ''Varados en Rio''.
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