Javier Montes (Madrid, 1976) was awarded the Premio José María Pereda for his first novel, Los penúltimos (The Last -But-Ones, Pre-Textos, 2008) and shared the Premio Anagrama with Andrés Barba in 2007 for La ceremonio del porno (The Porno Ceremony). In 2009, they also published After Henry James (451 Editores). His short stories have appeared in such anthologies as Puros Cuentos (Pure Stories, Letras Libres, 2008), Life in European Cities: An Anthology of European Contemporary Writers (Minumsa, Soeul, 2009) and Relatos españoles contemporáneos (Contemporary Spanish Short Stories, ELR Madrid, 2009). He has also published the essay Shakespeare y la música (Glossa, 2009) and critical editions and translations of Coriolanus (Alba, 2010), King Lear and Cymbeline (Gredos 'Clasicos Universales'). He has translated other authors, such as Rachid O., Dore Ashton, Dickens and Apollinaire.