The Odyssey

Albert Jané was born in Barcelona in 1930. He became known especially as a grammarian and populariser of Catalan language subjects and as a translator and adaptor of illustrated histories and stories aimed at children and young people. A large part of this activity took place in the magazine Cavall Fort, of which he was director until his retirement in 1997 and to which he still contributes. He has adapted into Catalan some of the most important European comic series (Jan i Trancapins, Els barrufets, Gil Pupil-la, Aquil-les Taló, Benet Tallaferro, Estefi, Corto Maltese...) and translated, among many other texts, Pinocchio by Collodi and the fairy tales of Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and Andersen. His adaptation of Homer's Odyssey won him the ‘Serra d'Or’ critics' prize in 2009. He has been a member of the Philological Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans since 200. Prize of Honour of Catalan Letters 2024.

Pep Montserrat was born in Roda de Ter in 1966. He studied Mural Painting at Llotja and Graphic Design at the Eina school in Barcelona. Since then, he has illustrated many children's books, distinguished with awards such as the National Award from the Ministry of Culture (1995), the International Catalonia Award (1997), the Generalitat de Catalunya Award (1998), and inclusion in the IBBY Honor List (1998). As a press illustrator, he regularly publishes in the newspapers Avui, La Vanguardia, and El País and The Chicago Tribune. He has also collaborated with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. He is the creator, along with the writer Montse Ganges, of an animated television series titled Miniman, produced by Cromosoma. Since 1998, he has taught Illustration at the Massana School in Barcelona. Recently awarded with the 2024 National Illustration Prize.