Maite Salord (Ciutadella, 1965) graduated in Catalan Philology and is a Minorcan author and teacher of Catalan language and literature. She is also a member of the Institut Menorquí d’Estudis, a government organization for cultural promotion of the island. A finalist for the 2006 Sant Jordi Prize, with La mort de l’ànima [The Death of the Soul], she soon became involved in regional politics until 2021, when she resigned as vice-president and Minister for Environment and Biosphere Reserve of the Menorcan government. On her return to writing, she was awarded the 2021 Proa prize for El país de l’altra riba [The Country of the Other Bank].
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