​David Nel·lo, El Barco de Vapor Award Winner!

David Nel·lo has won the 41st Premi El Vaixell de Vapor Award with the story of a boy who survives alone in a deserted Barcelona.

“All Alone in the City is a well-crafted story about a boy who survives alone in a deserted Barcelona. With an agile narrative rhythm and an engaging plot full of mystery and adventure, the novel offers a surprising ending that will captivate young readers.”

This was the reasoning presented by the jury of the 2025 El Vaixell de Vapor Award in granting the prize to All Alone in the City by David Nel·lo, a writer especially renowned in the field of children’s and young adult literature, with works translated into around fifteen languages.

Here you can find more information about the book.