Sergi Pàmies
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Sergi Pàmies (; born 28 January 1960) is a
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writer, translator, journalist and
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presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa Pàmies and the former general secretary of the
Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC) was a Communism, communist political party active in Catalonia between 1936 and 1997. It was the Catalan branch of the Communist Party of Spain and the o ...
, Gregorio López Raimundo. In his works he employs humor and parody mixing them with themes of failure and desperation. He translated works by
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, Agota Kristof, Daniel Pennac and Amélie Nothomb. He received several awards for his literary works.


Works


Story collections

* ''T'hauria de caure la cara de vergonya'', 1986 (published in English as ''Losing Face'', 1993) * ''Infecció'', 1987 ('Infection') * ''La gran novel·la sobre Barcelona'' ('The Great Novel About Barcelona'; Crítica Serra d'Or award) * ''L'últim llibre de Sergi Pàmies'', 2000 ('The Last Book by Sergi Pàmies') * ''Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes'', 2006 ('If You Eat a Lemon Without Making Grimaces'; City of Barcelona award, Lletra d'Or award) * ''La bicicleta estàtica'', 2010 ('The Stationary Bicycle') * ''Cançons d'amor i de pluja'', 2013 ('Songs of Love and Rain') * ''L'Art De Portar Gavardina'', (to be published by Other Press in English as 'The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat', March 2021)


Novels

* ''La primera pedra'', 1990 (''The First Stone''; Ícaro award) * ''L'instint'', 1993 (''The Instinct''; Prudenci Bertrana Prize) * ''Sentimental'', 1995 (''Sentimental'')


References


External links


Sergi Pàmies at the AELC
(The Association of Catalan Language Writers), webpage in Catalan, English and Spanish. *

1960 births Living people French emigrants to Spain Spanish male short story writers Spanish short story writers Catalan-language writers Journalists from Catalonia Radio personalities from Catalonia Spanish television personalities Translators from Catalonia French–Catalan translators {{Catalonia-translator-stub