Miguel Barrero

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Miguel Barrero (born 1980) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Oviedo.

He has published the following novels:

He has also published a travel book Las tierras del fin del mundo and a collection of articles Siempre de paso. He contributes to a range of papers and journals, among them El País, La Vanguardia, Qué Leer, Librújula, Zenda, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, etc.

He was named in the 10 de 30 program by AECID, designed to identify the best young writers in Spain. [1]

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