Pau Faner Coll, (

Menorca Menorca or Minorca (from la, Insula Minor, , smaller island, later ''Minorica'') is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Majorca. Its capi ...

, 1949) is a Spanish

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. He won numerous prizes, such as the 1988 Ramon Llull Novel Award, for his literary works which are usually centered on

mythical Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrati ...

themes.

Works

Short narrative

*1972 ''Contes menorquins'' *1976 ''El camp de les tulipes'' *1981 ''Amb la mort al darrera'' *1984 ''Lady Valentine'' *1986 ''AEIOU'' *1995 ''La núvia del vent'' *1997 ''Roses de paper'' *2003 ''Caps de rata'' *2005 ''Per no oblidar-te''

Children's narratives

*1983 ''El violí màgic'' *1985 ''Ses ganes de riure'' *1991 ''L'illa dels homes (La dama de la mitja ametlla I)'' *1991 ''El camí de roques negres (La dama de la mitja ametlla II)'' *1997 ''Les noces del cel i de la terra (La dama de la mitja ametlla III)''

Novels

*1974 ''L'arcàngel'' *1976 ''Un regne per a mi'' *1979 ''Potser només la fosca'' *1983 ''La vall d'Adam'' *1986 ''El cavaller i la fortuna'' *1986 ''Viatge de nit'' *1986 ''Flor de sal'' *1988 ''Moro de rei'' *1993 ''Mal camí i bon senyor'' *1996 ''Per una mica d'amor'' *2004 ''Aetara''

References

External links

Pau Faner at escriptors.cat
1949 births Living people People from Ciutadella de Menorca Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters 21st-century Spanish painters 21st-century Spanish male artists {{Spain-painter-stub