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Josep Pla Award
The Josep Pla Award ( es, Premio Josep Pla, links=no; ca, Premi Josep Pla, links=no) is a Spanish literary prize, awarded by the Destino publishing house since 1968, to a prose text written in Catalan. It is open to all genres: novel, short story, narrative, travel book, memoir, biography, diary, etc. Its name pays tribute to Josep Pla, considered one of the most important prose writers of contemporary Catalan literature. It is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded to literature in Catalan. The award ceremony takes place every 6 January, during the night of Epiphany, at the in Barcelona. The Premio Nadal Premio Nadal is a Spanish literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino, part of Planeta. It has been awarded every year on 6 January since 1944. The Josep Pla Award for Catalan literature is given at the same ceremony. ... is also awarded at the same ceremony. Winners References External links * {{Authority control 1968 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ediciones Destino
Ediciones Destino is a Spanish publishing house, founded by the editors of the weekly Destino in the 1942. Destino's catalogue includes the most emblematic Spanish authors of the post-war period such as Miguel Delibes, Camilo José Cela, Carmen MartÃn Gaite, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Ana MarÃa Matute, Carmen Laforet, etc. and great foreign authors such as George Orwell, Bohumil Hrabal or Naguib Mahfuz. Recently it has been publishing authors such as Andrés Trapiello, Antonio Soler, Pedro Zarraluki or Eduardo Lago. In Catalan, the highly illustrated "''Image of Catalonia''" collection, often by photographers as Francesc Català Roca, had a strong impact and collected important Catalan subjects by leading authors. The publishing house awards two prizes a year for unpublished works, the Nadal Prize, founded in 1944 (the oldest award in Spanish literature), and the Josep Pla Prize, founded in 1968, for unpublished works in Catalan. Planeta Group bought half of the publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Xirinacs DÃaz
Olga Xirinacs DÃaz (born 1936) is a Spanish writer and piano teacher. During her literary career, she has written poetry, drama, tales and essays. She was born in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain), where she still lives and works. Xirinacs often writes in the daily press: her articles have been published in ''La Vanguardia, Avui'', and'' Foc Nou'', amongst others. She has given narrative courses in the Aula de Lletres and in Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University. Some of her books have won prestigious Catalan literature awards, including the Sant Jordi, Sant Joan, Josep Pla, Ramon Llull and the Carles Riba prizes. She has published more than three hundred tales, 250 for adults and around 50 for children. She is the only female " Mestra en Gai Saber" (Master in the Art of Poetry) of the Jocs Florals (Literary Contest) after Mercè Rodoreda Gurgui. In 1990, the Generalitat de Catalunya awarded her the Creu de Sant Jordi. She is a member of Association of Catalan-Language Writers. Pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ara (newspaper)
''Ara'' (, meaning ''Now'' in English) is a Catalan daily Spanish newspaper that began publication on 28 November 2010, coinciding with the 2010 Catalan regional election. It is the third most read daily newspaper in Catalonia, and the most read daily newspaper written exclusively in the Catalan language. Its regional edition, ''Ara Balears'', is the most popular Catalan language newspaper on the Balearic Islands. ARA's online edition had nearly 3.2M visitors in September 2017, making it the most popular online newspaper in Catalan language. The founding editor was Carles Capdevila and the current editor is Esther Vera. The president is Ferran Rodés and the CEO is Salvador Garcia. The newspaper's advisory council includes journalists Antoni Bassas, Albert Om and Toni Soler, all known for their work with the Catalan public TV broadcaster, TV3. ''Aras content includes Catalan translations of reports and articles from the ''New York Times International Edition''. ''Aras founding sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Press (news Agency)
Europa Press is a Spanish news agency founded in 1953. It broadcasts news 24 hours a day, publishing 3,000 articles on average per day. It serves content to almost 2,000 clients, including the main Spanish media: radios; newspapers; televisions and national, autonomic and local digital media. Also, among its clients there are the High Statal Institutions, all Public Ministries, Autonomous Governments, Public Halls, Public Deputations and the rest of Public Administrations at all levels, political parties, business organizations, labor unions and the main companies and foundations. These informations -with both general and specialized character and served in text and audiovisual format- are one of the main information sources for mass media and press offices. Europa Press has headquarters in every Spanish Autonomous Community and correspondents in each provincial capital. This allows the news agency to offer a very concrete informative product from local and autonomic issues, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El PaÃs and ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. RamÃrez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with RamÃrez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafel Nadal
Rafel Nadal (born 1954, Girona) is a Spanish journalist and writer. He has published ''Els Mandarins'' (Columna, 2011); ''Quan érem feliços'' (Destino, 2012); ''Quan en dèiem xampany'' (Columna, 2013); ''La Maledicció dels Palmisano'' (Columna, 2015), a bestseller published in 22 languages; and ''La senyora Stendhal'' (Columna, 2017). In 2012, he was awarded with Josep Pla Award for ''Quan érem feliços.'' In 2014 he won the Maria Àngels Anglada Prize for ''Quan en dèiem xampany''. In 2019, he published ''El fill de l’italià '' and won the most important prize in Catalan literature, the Ramon Llull Literary Award. As a journalist, he was director of El Periódico de Catalunya ''El Periódico de Catalunya'' (, ), also simply known as ''El Periódico'', is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The paper publishes separate daily editions in Spanish and in Catalan. The two editions combined sell ... between 2006 and 2010. Works * ''Els man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llucia Ramis
Llucia Ramis i Laloux (Palma, Majorca, April 23, 1977) is a Catalan language journalist and writer. She studied journalism at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and has worked in different media, including the newspaper ''Diario de Mallorca'', the literary magazine ''Quimera'', ''COM Rà dio'', Rac1 and the Catalan edition of ''El Mundo'' newspaper. In ''El Mundo'' she publishes the column ''Plexiglà s'' of the ''Tendències'' supplement. Her debut novel, début novel was ''Coses que et passen a Barcelona quan tens 30 anys'' (Editorial Columna, 2008), and it received favorable reviews. In 2010, she won the Josep Pla Award with her second novel ''Egosurfing'' (Editorial Destino, 2010). She also participated in the story collections ''Odio Barcelona'' [I hate Barcelona](2008) and ''Matar en Barcelona'' [Killing in Barcelona](2009) . Selected works * 2008: ''Coses que et passen a Barcelona quan tens 30 anys'' (Barcelona: Columna), to be published in the United States as ''Things t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastià Alzamora I MartÃn
Sebastià Alzamora i MartÃn (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 Sebastià 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'extinció'' (1999), ''Sara i Jeremies'' (2002), ''La pell i la princesa'' (2005), ''Nit de l'à 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 Hèctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano ''Dogmà tica Imparable'' (2005). His novel ''Crim de sang'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Saladrigas
Robert Saladrigas Riera (Barcelona, 12 February 1940 – 22 October 2018, Barcelona) was a Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic, renowned for his articles on foreign literature published in ''CULTURA/S'', the literary supplement of ''La Vanguardia'' newspaper. His literary work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. Biography He started Economics studies but very soon switched to journalism and literature. He wrote for several newspapers: ', ', ''ABC'' and ''La Vanguardia'' (where he was in charge of the supplement ''Libros'' between 1981 and 1994) and collaborated with the magazines '' Siglo 20'', '' Tele/Estel'', ''Cavall Fort'', '' Mundo'' and ''Destino''. In 1974 he founded Edicions Galba, which he led until 1978. From 1978 to 1984 he directed in the Catalan Circuit of TVE the cultural programmes ''Signes'' and ''Veus i formes'', the five-episode novel ''Cambres Barrades'' and the series "Històries de Cara i Creu", which consists of thirteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empar Moliner
Empar Moliner Ballesteros (; Santa Eulà lia de Ronçana, Barcelona, 1966) is a Spanish writer and journalist. She works for the newspapers El PaÃs, Avui, and appears in several TV and radio programs as ''Minoria Absoluta'' (RAC 1), ''El matà de Catalunya Rà dio'' and ''Els matins'' ( TV3). In 2000, she received the Josep Pla Award The Josep Pla Award ( es, Premio Josep Pla, links=no; ca, Premi Josep Pla, links=no) is a Spanish literary prize, awarded by the Ediciones Destino, Destino publishing house since 1968, to a prose text written in Catalan language, Catalan. It is o .... Published books * L'Ensenyador de pisos que odiava els mims. * Feli, esthéticienne. (Josep Pla Prize 2000) * T'estimo si he begut. (Lletra d'Or Prize 2005) * Busco senyor per amistat i el que sorgeixi. * Desitja guardar els canvis? External links *Empar Moliner's Blog (in Spanish)Blog about Empar Moliner 1966 births Living people Writers from Catalonia Journalists from Catalonia Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carme Riera
Carme Riera Guilera (; born 12 January 1948) is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television and literary criticism. She holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and is a professor of Spanish literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Riera was born in Palma. She attended the Sacred Heart primary school and the Joan Alcover Institute in Palma, where she met Majorcan writers and fell in love with a teacher, Francisco Llinás. In 1965 she moved to Barcelona to study Hispanic Philology in the Department of Philosophy and Letters of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She graduated in 1970 and the following year married Francisco Llinás and was hired by Manuel Blecua to give classes in the Department. That year her son Ferran was born, and she began her literary career. She writes in Catalan and Spanish. Her self-translations are often published at the same time. She lives in Barcelona. Her best-known work is the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Àlex Susanna
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