I Enric Bou Maqueda (Barcelona, March 3, 1954) is a literary critic and historian of Catalan literature. Doctor of Philosophy from the Autonomous University degree in Philology, received research grant from the Center for the Study of Contemporary History at Barcelona. Professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University 1 (1996-2011), professor of Spanish and Catalan literature at the Università Ca 'Foscari of Venice