diff --git a/patacrep/authors.py b/patacrep/authors.py
index 32afb09a..769f2090 100644
--- a/patacrep/authors.py
+++ b/patacrep/authors.py
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ def processauthors_invert_names(authors_list):
     for author in authors_list:
         first, last = split_author_names(author)
         if first:
-            dest.append("%(last)s, %(first)s" % {
-                'first': first.lstrip(),
-                'last': last.lstrip(),
-                })
+            dest.append(r"\indexauthor{{{first}}}{{{last}}}".format(
+                first=first.strip(),
+                last=last.strip(),
+                ))
         else:
             dest.append(last.lstrip())
     return dest
diff --git a/patacrep/data/latex/patacrep.sty b/patacrep/data/latex/patacrep.sty
index d070ec2b..084e5866 100644
--- a/patacrep/data/latex/patacrep.sty
+++ b/patacrep/data/latex/patacrep.sty
@@ -402,4 +402,17 @@
 }
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Title and author rendering in the index
+
+% Usage: \indexauthor{First name}{Last name}
+% Example: \indexauthor{Edgar Allan}{Poe}
+\newcommand{\indexauthor}[2]{#2, #1} 
+
+% Usage: \indextitle{Article}{Main part}
+% Example: \indextitle{The}{Raven}
+\newcommand{\indextitle}[2]{#2 (#1)}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
 \endinput
diff --git a/patacrep/index.py b/patacrep/index.py
index 1420272b..cd83668e 100755
--- a/patacrep/index.py
+++ b/patacrep/index.py
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ class Index(object):
                 match = pattern.match(key.encode('utf-8'))
                 if match:
                     self._raw_add(
-                                  "{} ({})".format(
-                                        match.group(2) + match.group(3),
-                                        match.group(1)
-                                        ),
-                                    number,
-                                    link
-                                    )
+                            r"\indextitle{{{}}}{{{}}}".format(
+                                match.group(1).strip(),
+                                (match.group(2) + match.group(3)).strip(),
+                                ),
+                            number,
+                            link
+                            )
                     return
             self._raw_add(key, number, link)