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Miquel Barceló (born 1948) is a Spanish editor, translator and writer, who specialized in the science fiction genre.

He was born in Mataró in 1948 and is a Doctor in Computing, Aeronautics Engineer and graduate in nuclear energy.

He has worked as an editor for Ediciones B, where he directed the NOVA collection, specialized in science fiction tales and novels, and writing introductory articles for the books published in the collection.

He currently is a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) where he promoted the creation of the UPC Prize, the most important prize in Spanish science-fiction. He directs and coordinates the UPC Doctorate program on Sustainability, Technology and Humanism. He also writes a monthly column for the computer magazine "Byte" and contributes to several publications on Astronomy and Artificial Intelligence.

He lives in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona).