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ﾃ知nium Prize
The ﾃ知nium Prize for Best Novel of the Year is a literary prize awarded by the ﾃ知nium Cultural association for a Catalan-language novel. It has a 竄ｬ20,000 award for the author and a 竄ｬ5,000 award for the publisher of the work. It is the best-funded prize for a published Catalan-language novel. History The prize was created in 2017 with a 竄ｬ20,000 direct donation for the author and a marketing campaign valued at 竄ｬ5,000, with the intention of annually recognizing the best Catalan-language novel and make it known to the public. It is similar to the Prix Goncourt for French literature. In the first edition, a selection committee composed of the editor of the ''Nﾃｺvol'' online newspaper, Bernat Puigtobella, bookseller Olga Federico, and librarian Carme Fenoll nominated 16 novels published in 2017. Afterwards, a jury of five independent members ( Harvard University professor Maria Dasca, University of Barcelona professor emeritus Rosa Cabrﾃｩ, University of Valencia profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾃ知nium Cultural
ﾃ知nium Cultural () is a Catalan association based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture. Over the years it has increased its involvement in broader political issues; in 2012 it committed itself to Catalan independence, specifically demanding the right of self-determination for Catalonia. Leaders of the abortive Catalan independence referendum such as Jordi Cuixart were simultaneously holding leadership positions at ﾃ知nium. Currently ﾃ知nium claims more than 190,000 members organised in 52 regional offices besides the headquarters in Barcelona. History ﾃ知nium Cultural was created on 11 July 1961 in the context of Francoist Spain when the institutional use of Catalan was forbidden. In 1963 the Francoist authorities closed down the association. ﾃ知nium had to continue to exist as a clandestine association between 1963窶1967. In 1967, after a long legal case before the Francoist courts, the as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editorial Anagrama
Anagrama is a Spanish publisher founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde. In 2010 it was sold to the Italian publisher Feltrinelli. Since 1969, Anagrama has published over 3,500 titles. currently, Anagrama publishes around 100 books annually, between the fiction series, non-fiction series and a paperback series. The most important of the collections it publishes is ''Narrativas hispﾃ｡nicas'', consisting of works by many of the most important Spanish-language writers of the modern era, including Sergio Pitol, Enrique Vila-Matas, Roberto Bolaﾃｱo, ﾃ〕varo Enrigue, Ricardo Piglia, Javier Tomeo, ﾃ〕varo Pombo, among others. It also publishes ''Panaromas de narrativas'', which consists of prominent works translated from other languages, and ''Argumentos'', or essays by all types of thinkers, philosophers, and contemporary writers. The publisher gives two awards annually to unpublished works, the Anagrama Essay Prize and the Herralde Novel Prize. The publisher and its translators have been c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raﾃｼl Garrigasait
Raﾃｼl Garrigasait i Colomﾃｩs ( Solsona, 1979) is a Catalan translator from Greek and German to Catalan language. His first book was an essay on classical erudition. His first novel, ''Els estranys'', won the 2017 Catalan booksellers' Prize and the 2017 ﾃ知nium Prize. He has translated works by Plato, Goethe, Alexandros Papadiamandis, Joseph Roth, and Peter Sloterdijk Peter Sloterdijk (; ; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He co-hosted the German television show ''Im Glashaus: Das Phi ..., among other writers, and presently heads La Casa dels Clﾃssics (House of the Classics), a project initiated by the Bernat Metge Collection with the aim of promoting the creation, thought and dissemination of universal classics in the Catalan language. Works * ''La tendra mﾃ de cada arrel'' (The tender hand of each root) (Viena edicions, 2005) * ''El gos cosmopolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Orriols
Marta Orriols (Sabadell, 1975) is a Catalan writer from Spain. She studied cinematographic scriptwriting at the Bande ﾃ Part film school in Barcelona and creative writing at the Ateneu Barcelonﾃｨs. She received the 2018 ﾃ知nium Prize for best Catalan-language novel by ﾃ知nium Cultural, the No Llegiu Prize, and the Illa dels Llibres Prize for Best Novel of 2018. Her novel has been translated to several languages, including English (''Learning to talk to plants'', published by Pushkin Press Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as Stefan Zweig, Marcel Aymﾃｩ, Anta ...) and French. She lives in Barcelona with her two sons. References Marta Orriols at LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia) {{Authority control Writers from Barcelona Writers from Catalonia 1975 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Solﾃ
Irene Solﾃ Sﾃ｡ez (born 17 August 1990) is a Catalan writer and an artist. She has exhibited her work at the CCCB in Barcelona and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her first book of poems, ''Bﾃｨstia'' won the 2012 Amadeu Oller Prize and her novel ''Els dics'', the 2017 Documenta Prize. She has a degree in fine arts from the University of Barcelona and a master's in literature, film and visual culture from the University of Sussex. Her first book of poems, ''Bﾃｨstia'' (Galerada, 2012), was awarded the Amadeu Oller Poetry Prize and has been translated into English (as ''Beast'', Shearsman Books, 2017). Her first novel, ''Els dics'' (The Dams, L'Altra Editorial, 2018), won the Documenta prize and was awarded a grant for literary creation by the Catalan Department of Culture. In 2018, she was a resident writer at the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center of George Mason University (Virginia, United States) and in late 2019 she was selected to participate in the Art Omi A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edicions De 1984
Edicions de 1984 is an independent publishing house in Catalonia specialized in up-market literature which was founded in 1984 by Josep Cots as an homage to George Orwell. Josep Cots, the current director and editor-in-chief, and his team have been building up the company窶冱 catalogue which includes some of the most important authors of all times. The catalogue, which has around 450 active titles, includes translations of all genres (novel, poetry, theatre and essay) and works by catalan authors. Edicions de 1984 publishes around twenty-five titles per year and it follows an author policy. Among its authors, the catalogue includes foreign authors like Claudio Magris, Saunders, Strout, Jennifer Egan, Davis, Whitman, Chalandon, Binet, Fallada, Dﾃｶblin, Balzac, Hugo, Grimaldi, Grimal, Giono, Gide, Buzzati, Berger, Leroy, Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 窶 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulder (novel)
''Boulder'' is a 2020 novel by Catalan author Eva Baltasar. In 2023, the English translation by Julia Sanches was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Plot Boulder, the nickname given to a woman by another woman called Samsa while the former worked as a cook on a merchant ship. The novel follows the eponymous main character as the couple moves to Reykjavﾃｭk, Samsa has a child, and Boulder navigates how the resulting changes in their relationship clash with her desire for freedom. Reception Critical reception The novel was well received by critics. Greg Mania, in a review for The New York Times Book Review praised its depiction of intimacy, commenting "the language of desire never stops vibrating off the page". He mentions that in the way motherhood changes the "delightfully complex protagonist lies the source of this novel窶冱 magnetism." Patrick Graney, in a review for The Times, compared it to Baltasar's previous novel ''Permafrost'' saying that Boulder's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Baltasar
Eva Baltasar (born August 26, 1978) is a Spanish poet and writer. She has a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. She has published ten books of poetry, which have earned numerous awards including the 2008 Miquel de Palol, the 2010 Benet Ribas, and the 2015 Gabriel Ferrater. Permafrost was her first novel. It received the 2018 Catalan Booksellers Award and it has sold the translation rights to six languages. Literary work Novel * ''Permagel''. Club Editor, 2018 *''Boulder''. Club Editor, 2020 Translated Work * ''Permafrost''. Penguin Random House Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, from the merger of Penguin Group and Random House. On April 2, 2020, Bertels ..., 2018 (Spanish) * ''Permafrost''. Nottetempo, 2019 (Italian) * ''Boulder''. Penguin Random House, 2020 (Spanish) Poetry * ''Laia''. Columna, 2008 * ''Atﾃviq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Cussﾃ
Jordi Cussﾃ ( Berga, 18 January 1961 窶 11 July 2021) was a Spanish Catalan-language writer. Biography In the late 1970s he co-founded the Anﾃｲnim Theatre foundation in his hometown, Berga, collaborating as a playwright and actor. His first novel ''Cavalls salvatges'' (2000) reflects his youth addiction to drugs. The novel was very well received by both public and critics in Catalan cultural scene, 'because of its innovation in both its linguistic and stylistic solutions and its themes'. Afterwards he published other books like ''La Serp'' (2001), ''El Ciclop'' (2017), ''A Reveure, Espanya'' (2010) or ''El trobador Cuadeferro'' (2016). His last book was published in 2021: ''El primer emperador i la reina Lluna''. Member of the Association of Catalan Language Writers, Cussﾃ also worked as a professional translator to Catalan. He published translations from authors like Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American freelanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan-Lluﾃｭs Lluﾃｭs
Joan-Lluﾃｭs Lluﾃｭs (Perpignan, 1963) is a Catalan writer. His works include five novels and a collection of essays entitled ''Conversa amb el meu gos sobre Franﾃｧa i els francesos'' (Conversation with my Dog about France and the French, 2002). This last work, which Lluﾃｭs himself describes as a pamphlet, focuses on the precarious linguistic situation of the Catalans under French administration. He is co-author, with musician Pascal Comelade, of a manifesto published in 1998 by linguistic and cultural activists from Northern Catalonia. His 2004 novel ''El dia de l'ﾃｳs'' (The Day of the Bear) won the prestigious Joan Creixells Prize, and his novel ''Jo soc aquell que va matar Franco'' (I'm the one who killed Franco) received the Sant Jordi Award and the Maria ﾃngels Anglada Prize The Maria ﾃngels Anglada Prize (in Catalan: ''Premi de Narrativa Maria ﾃngels Anglada''; ) is a Catalan literary award, given annually by the ''Institut Ramon Muntaner'' ("Ramon Muntaner Secondary School" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastiﾃ Alzamora I Martﾃｭn
Sebastiﾃ Alzamora i Martﾃｭn (born March 6, 1972, in Llucmajor, Majorca) is a writer, literary critic and cultural manager from Majorca. He is a self-proclaimed member of the poetic group called Imparables ("Unstoppables"). Biography Sebastiﾃ has a degree in Catalan philology from Universitat de les Illes Balears, and became known with collection of poems ''Rafel'' (1994; Premi Salvador Espriu). He has also published ''Apoteosi del cercle'' (1997), ''Mula morta'' (2001) and ''El benestar'' (2003). As a writer, he has published ''L'extinciﾃｳ'' (1999), ''Sara i Jeremies'' (2002), ''La pell i la princesa'' (2005), ''Nit de l'ﾃnima'' (2007), ''Miracle a Llucmajor'' (2010) and ''Dos amics de vint anys'' (2013). He is the author of the essay about Gabriel Janer Manila ''L'escriptura del Foc'' (1998). He also participated in ''Imparables, Una antologia'' (2004) and he has published with Hﾃｨctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano ''Dogmﾃtica Imparable'' (2005). His novel ''Crim de sang'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imma Monsﾃｳ
Imma Monsﾃｳ (born in 1959 in Lleida, Catalonia) is a Spanish fiction writer. Monsﾃｳ is known mainly for her humorous and poignant novels and for blending an absurdist wit with a profound tenderness for her very singular characters. Monso is graduated from University of Barcelona, Spain and Caen University in France. She is a high-school teacher and writes for the main Spanish and Catalan newspapers like '' El Paﾃｭs'' and ''La Vanguardia''. All her literary works has been translated into Spanish, and most of them to several languages. She has received numerous awards for her literary works. Published works Novels *''No se sap mai (One never knows)'' (1996) *''Com unes vacances (Like a holiday)'' (1998) *''Tot un carﾃcter (A total character)'' (2000) *''Un home de paraula (A man with a word)'' (2006) *''La dona veloﾃｧ'' (2012) *''La mestra i la Bﾃｨstia'' (2023) Short story and essay collections *Marxem, papﾃ, aquﾃｭ no ens hi volen. (Go on, daddy, we窶决e not welcome here)(200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |