Màrius Serra i Roig (born May 1, 1963, in
Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish writer, journalist, translator and television maker.
Serra has a degree in English philology, and in addition to his writing career, is a professor of English. In 2006 he won one of the most prestigious literary awards in
Catalan
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, the
Ramon Llull Novel Award
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, for his novel ''Farsa'' (Farce).
Since 2013 he's a member of the
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
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.
Though he had already been publishing since 1987, he first became famous with the publication of the novel ''Mon oncle'' (My uncle) in 1994. He was also the host of a television show about books, ''Alexandria'' on
Channel 33 in Catalonia. Serra also was a frequent contributor to the former Barcelona daily newspaper ''
Avui
''Avui'' (, meaning "Today" in English) was a Catalan daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, in Catalonia. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was Catalan nationalist.
History and profile
''Avui' ...
.'' Besides, he has participated with his crosswords ("Crucigramarius") in the weekend program of
Radio Nacional de España "No es un día cualquiera" for years, and has another section called "Enigmarius" in
Catalunya Ràdio.
Works
Short stories
*1987 ''Línia'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1987)
*1988 ''Amnèsia'' (Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1988) award El Brot
*1991 ''Tres és massa'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1991)
*1993 ''Contagi'' (Barcelona: Cafè Central, 1993)
*1998 ''La vida normal'' (Barcelona: Proa, 1998) award Ciutat de Barcelona de Literatura Catalana
Novels
*1990 ''L'home del sac'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1990)
*1996 ''Mon oncle'' (Barcelona: Proa, 1996) award Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana de narrativa.
*1999 ''Ablanatanalba'' (Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1999)
*2003 ''Monocle'' (Barcelona: Mòbil Books-La Vanguardia, 2003)
*2006 ''Farsa'' (Barcelona: Planeta, 2006)
*2008 ''Quiet'' (Barcelona: Empúries, 2008)
*2013 ''Plans de futur'' (Barcelona: Proa, 2013) award Sant Jordi.
Novel "bluetooth"
* 2007 ''La veritable història de Harald Bluetooth'' (''The true story of Harakd Bluetooth''), short story written and recorded to be downloaded by mobile.
Essays
*2004 ''De com s'escriu una novel·la'' (''How To Write a Novel''), (Barcelona: Empúries, 2004)
*2007 ''Enviar i Rebre'' (''Send and Receive''), (Barcelona: Columna, 2007) recull d'articles publicades a ''
La Vanguardia'' i ''
l'Avui''
Crosswords
* 1991 ''Manual d'enigmística'' (Barcelona:
Columna Edicions Columna may refer to:
* ''Columna'' (gastropod) a genus of snails
* ''The Column'' (film), a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan .
* ''Columna Lactaria
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)
* 2000 ''Verbàlia (jocs de paraules i esforços de l'enginy literari)'' (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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, 2000, 2a edició 2001) Premis Octavi Pellissa, Serra d'Or i Lletra d'Or.
* 2002 ''Verbàlia.com (jugar, llegir, tal vegada escriure) '' (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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)
* 2004 ''Els 100 millors crucigrames de Màrius Serra i Pau Vidal'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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)
* 2004 ''Els 50 millors crucigrames amb enigma'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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)
* 2005 ''Els 65 millors crucigrames per tenir sort'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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)
* 2005 ''Els 66 crucigrames més lletrats (més 3 de lletruts)'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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)
* 2010 ''Dicciomàrius'' (Barcelona: labutxaca)
* 2010 ''Verbàlia 2.0'' (Barcelona:
Editorial Empúries
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). Descripció: ''"A Verbàlia 2.0 trobareu mig centenar d'artificis verbals ben definits, historiats i exemplificats: des d'un logogrif o un anagrama, un calembour o un lipograma, fins a un palíndrom, una paronomàsia o un contrapet."''
Awards
*1986 Ciutat d'Elx award for the story "Lletra menuda", included inside his collection of short stories, ''Línia'' (''Line'')
*1987 Award El Brot for ''Amnèsia''
*1994 Foundation Enciclopèdia Catalana of narrative for ''Mon oncle'' (''My uncle'')
*1999
Premi Ciutat de Barcelona
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This movie is also the ...
for ''La vida normal''
*1999 Award Octavi Pellissa for ''Verbàlia''
*2001
Premi Crítica Serra d'Or d'estudi literari for ''Verbàlia''
*2001
Premi Lletra d'Or for ''Verbàlia''
*2006
Ramon Llull Novel Award
The Ramon Llull Novel Award ( es, Premio Ramon Llull de novela, links=no; ca, Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull, links=no) is an honor given annually to a novel originally written in Catalan. Conceived in 1981 by editor , it is awarded ...
for ''Farsa''
[
*2011 ]Award Memorial Lluís Companys
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An award ...
of Fundació Josep Irla
*2012 Premi Sant Jordi de Novel·la
The Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la (; "Saint George's novel prize") is an award for Catalan language literature, given by Òmnium Cultural and Enciclopèdia Catalana.
History
Francoism
This award was created in 1947 by the Catalan publisher A ...
for ''Plans de futur''
Bibliography
* Biel Barnils: ''L'orgia verbal. Converses amb Màrius Serra'' (''The verbal orgy. Conversations with Màrius Serra''), (Barcelona: Edicions Dau, 2010)
References
External links
Màrius Serra
at the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC). Website in Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
, English and Spanish.
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Living people
1963 births
Writers from Catalonia
Articles containing video clips
Catalan-language writers
Writers from Barcelona
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