Manuel Vincent (Villavieja, Castellón, 1936) holds degrees in Law and Philosophy from the University of Valencia. In Madrid, he studied Journalism at the Official School and began contributing to magazines such as Brother Wolf y Triunfo.

His first articles of a political nature were published in the now-defunct newspaper MadridLater he begins to write in El País, the newspaper where he currently works. His journalistic work has been rewarded with the González Ruano Prize (1979), for the article Don't lay your dirty hands on Mozart, or the Francisco Cerecedo Prize (1994), created by the Association of European Journalists.

As a writer, he is the author of more than a dozen works that have earned him several awards. Among them, the 1966 Alfaguara Novel Prize stands out. Easter and Orange, and the 1987 Nadal Prize, for The Ballad of CainHe has also published The breath (1966) Autumn Inventory (1982) Death drinks from a tall glass. (1992) Against Paradise (1993) From Café Gijón to Ithaca (1994) o Tram to Malvarrosa (1994), the latter of which was made into a film.

Currently, Vicent combines his work as a writer and journalist with that of an art gallery owner.