Bartomeu Mestre (Felanitx, 1952) is an essayist. As a specialist on the Nova Canço Catalana movement and one of its exponents, Guillem d'Efak, he has published 'Crònica de la cançó catalana' and 'Balada d’en Guillem d’Efak'. 'El darrer manuscript' is his debut as a novelist, for which he was a finalist for the Premi Carlemany in 2008.