Francesc Torralba Roselló

Francesc Torralba Roselló (Barcelona, 1967) has a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Universidad de Barcelona (with Special Prize for Undergraduate and Doctoral Studies) and is a Doctor of Theology (Facultatde Teología de Catalunya). He is presently director of the Ethos Chair, Universitat Ramon Llull. He has published over fifty books and has received a number of prizes for essays in Catalan. part of his work has been translated into French, Italian, Portuguese and German. he plays an active role in various social communications media, contributes to Catalunya Ràdio and regularly writes for La Vangardia and Avui. Among his most recent books, the most notable are The Art of Listening (2007), The Meaning of Life (2008) and Calming Oneself in an Unquiet World (2009, Plataforma Editorial).