Oscar Tusquets Blanca (Barcelona, ​​1941), architect, designer, painter and writer, is the prototype of an integral artist that the specialization of the modern world has progressively led to extinction. For his professional career, he has received numerous awards, including the National Design Award, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts, the Chevalier de l 'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres insignia, and the Creu de Sant Jordi . He also has two Ciutat de Barcelona awards and several FADs for Architecture and Design Deltas. In 1994 he revealed himself as an essayist with More than debatable, later he published the books Everything is comparable, God sees it and Against nakedness and, in 2003, Dalí and other friends and Anna. In 2012, a childhood memoir written in four hands with his sister Esther Tusquets, Times that were, came to light. He is also the lead author of Requiem by the Staircase and the book L'Escalier, published in France and in the United Kingdom. Acantilado has published Friendly characters (2014) and Passing a clean (2019).