Aleksandra Lun (Gliwice, 1979) left her native Poland at the age of 19 to study Spanish Philology in Spain, working in a casino, and now lives in Brussels. His first book Los palimpsestos (Minúscula, 2015) was translated into English, French and Dutch, and received the prestigious PEN/Heim grant from PEN America.

His second novel Química para mosquitos (Química para mosquitos, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2024) has been awarded the LIV Premio Internacional de Novela Ciudad de Barbastro.