Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich (born 9 December 1954) is a

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poet and writer in the

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. She has lived in

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since 2001.

Biography

Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich undertook musical studies (piano, guitar, harmony) at the Arts of the Rhythm School and at the

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Conservatory in Barcelona. Her work includes several titles of poetry, novels, brief narrative and non-fiction narrative, seven of which have received awards such as the

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of narrative,

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or of poetry. Part of her poems have been translated to Galician, Basque, Spanish, French, Occitan, Italian and English, and form part of several anthologies (''Parlano le donne, poetesse catalane of the XXI secolo'', ''48 poètes Catalan pour le XXI siècle, La Traductière'' or the most recent ''Paraula encesa'', by Jordi Julià and Pere Ballart, between other) and audiovisual (audiovisual File of poets of the ACEC, etc.). She has read her poems in several places of the

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, often in collaboration with other poets and musicians. A short film, ''Radio-Taxi'' (2012) directed by Jordi Bueno was based on one of her short stories. Also as a cultural activist, she has promoted several projects about poetry such as the poetical and musical meetings in Lailo, during five years, and the Festa de la poesia a Sitges she directs along with the poet and biochemist since 2007. She has been included with

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and as part of an anthology of four poets included in a study devoted to

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in number 1007 (May, 2013) of the French literary magazine

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. Since then, she began to receive some attention from

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such as the joint offer of Editions du Noroît (

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), and Myriam Solal (

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), to publish the French version of her book ''On no sabem'', or the invitation to take part in the Voix de la Méditerranée 2014 festival in

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. In autumn 2013, Myriam Solal and Editions du Noroît finally reached an agreement to publish ''On no sabem'' as ''Cet espace entre nous'', translated by the poet and translator . The presentation took place on 5 June 2014 at the in Paris.

Work

Poetry

* ''La cendra i el miracle''. Barcelona: Columna, 1989 * ''El lleu respir''. Barcelona: Columna, 1991 * ''Temperatura humana''. Barcelona: Columna, 1994 * ''Taques''. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1997 * ''Llum de claraboia''.

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: Pagès, 2004 * ''A la taula del mig''.

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: Moll, 2009 * ''On no sabem''.

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: Tresiquatre, 2010 * ''A l'hotel, a deshora''.

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: Curbet Edicions, 2014 * ''La gota negra''.

: Pagès, 2018

Novel

* ''Les cambres del desig''. Barcelona: Columna, 1999 * ''Tercer acte d'amor''. Barcelona: Proa, 2002

Short stories and essay

* ''Diagnòstic: lluna nova''. Barcelona: ICD, 1993 * ''Pati de butaques''. Barcelona: Columna, 1996 * ''El tacte de l'ametlla''. Barcelona: Proa, 2000 * ''

Peret Pedro Pubill Calaf ( ; 24 March 1935 – 27 August 2014), better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player and composer of Catalan rumba from Mataró (Barcelona). Known for his 1971 single, "Borriquito" (Ariola Records), Per ...

, l'ànima d'un poble''. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 2005 * ''Il·lusionistes del futbol''. Valls: Cossetània, 2007 * ''No. I sí''.

: Pagès, 2009 * ''Ara et diré què em passa amb les dones i tretze contes més''. Barcelona: Editorial Moll, 2013. * ''Els vells, aquella nosa''. Barcelona: Comanegra, 2020.

Translated works

* ''Peret, el alma d'un pueblo'' to Spanish. Península, 2005. * ''Le Jour J'' anthology in French, dins Nouvelles de Catalogne. Magellan & Cie, * ''Cet espace entre nous'' French version of ''On no sabem''. Myriam Solal, Paris, and Editions du Noroît, Quebec, 2014.

Awards

* Rosa Leveroni (1990): ''El lleu respir'' * Don-na (1992): Diagnòstic: ''lluna nova'' * Premi Miquel de Palol de poesia (1996): ''Taques'' * Premi Mercè Rodoreda de contes i narracions, de la Nit literària de Santa Llúcia (1999): ''El tacte de l'ametlla'' * 7LLETRES (2008): ''NO. I SÍ'' * Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura i Assaig, Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de poesia 2010 ''A la taula del mig'' * Ploma d'Or de l'Ajuntament de Sitges (2010) * Premi Octubre Vicent Andrés Estellés de poesia 2010 ''On no sabem''

References

External links

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AELC official website about "Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich
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* ttp://www.nuvol.com/critica/els-nostres-amors-incomodes-la-nostra-estranyesa/ Review of Ara et diré que em passa amb les dones i tretze contes més'''
Revista Núvol

Quelques poèmes en français de "Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich"Festival Voix de la Mediterranée a Lodève

Revue Europe * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXaSKJm54tuWRliqCWV0Uw "Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich" Youtube channel with several interviews, presentations, clips and other videos
Youtube

tv clip from ''Cet espace entre nous'', "Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich"Maricel TV

"Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich"Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
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