Maria Teresa Colom i Pich was born in La Seu d'Urgell in 1973.[1] She initially studied economics, graduating from Pompeu Fabra University, and went to work in a career in finance. Colom won a number of awards for her writing and left work to write full time. Colom won the Miquel Martí i Pol prize in 2000 and the Maria Àngels Anglada prize in 2016.[2] The Anglada prize was awarded for her collection of five short stories, La senyoreta Keaton i altres bêsties, described as "half children's story, half Gothic horror".[2] Colom's works have been translated into a number of languages including Spanish, French, Mandarin and Italian.[3][4] In 2015 Colom was the curator of the Barcelona Poetry Week.[5] Since 2022 Colom is the director of Fundació Ramon Llull, an organisation to promote the Catalan language and culture.[6]
In 2019, Colom published her first novel, Consciència, a science fiction work set in a future where consciousness can survive death through preservation in computer systems.[3]
In 2020, Colom's poem Eix featured in the thirty "Poets Under Pressure" series commissioned by Catalan newspaper El Nacional.[1] Her short story, The Gravedigger's Son, was published in English by The Guardian for their 'Translation Tuesdays' series, translated by Mara Faye Lethem.[7] The story was described as "Tim Burton crossed with the Brothers Grimm".[8][7]
