Terenci Moix (; real name Ramon Moix i Meseguer; 5 January 1942, in

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– 2 April 2003, in Barcelona) was a

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writer, who wrote in

, and in Catalan. He is also the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix.

Life and work

Self-taught, his first work, ''La torre de los vicios capitales'' (''La torre dels vicis capitals,'' in Catalan), was published in 1968. Many of his early works criticised the values of his time, especially the official morality of

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. In 1990, he wrote and published a children's book called, ''Los Grandes Mitos del Cine'' (English version as "The Greatest Stories of Hollywood Cinema"), which is illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Círculo de Lectores. This children's book includes fun facts, trivia, and information accompanied by photos and Willi Glasauer's illustrations of the classic Hollywood films and stars such as '' Casablanca'', ''

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'', '' Cleopatra'', and '' Tarzan the Ape Man''. He wrote in several newspapers: ''Tele-Exprés'', ''Tele-Estel'', ''El Correo Catalán'', ''

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'', '' Serra d'Or'', and '' El País''. He was openly homosexual, and participated in many TV gatherings.

Death

Moix died of emphysema on 2 April 2003 in Barcelona.

Awards

In 1992, he won the Ramon Llull Novel Award for ''El sexe dels àngels''. In 1996, he became the first winner of the Fernando Lara Novel Award for his then-unpublished work ''El amargo don de la belleza''. An annual

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, bearing his name, the Terenci Moix Fundación Arena de Narrativa Gay y Lésbica, has been instituted. It was won most recently by Spanish novelist Rafael Peñas Cruz for his coming-of-age work, ''Charlie''.

Novels

*'' La torre de los vicios capitales'' *'' El dia que murio Marilyn'' *'' Olas sobre una roca desierta'' *'' Món mascle'' *'' La caiguda de L'imperi sodomita'' *'' La increada conciencia de la raza o melodrama'' *'' Sadistic, esperpentic i adhuc metafisic'' *'' Nuestro Virgen de los mártires'' *'' Amami, Alfredo! o polvo de estrellas'' *'' No digas que fue un sueño'' *'' Garras de astracan'' *'' Mujercisimas'' *'' La herida de la esfinge'' *'' El arpista ciego'' *''El amargo don de la belleza'' (2011),

Collections of short stories

*'' La torre de los vicios capitals'' *'' Tots els contes'' ('' Todos los cuentos'')

Essays

*'' Iniciació a una història del cine'' *'' Los cómics, arte para el consumo y formas pop'' *'' El sadismo de nuestra infancia'' *'' Terenci del Nilo'' *'' Crónicas italianas'' *'' Hollywood stories'' (2 vols.) *'' The Greatest Stories of Hollywood Cinema'' (Illustrated by Willi Glasauer), ( Círculo de Lectores) *'' Tres viajes románticos''

References

https://www.tablondeanuncios.com/colecciones/terence_moix_la_noche_no_es_hermosa-3299412.htm

External links

Terenci Moix
at the Association of Catalan Language Writers, AELC. In Catalan, English and Spanish. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moix, Terenci 1942 births 2003 deaths Writers from Barcelona Deaths from emphysema Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists Spanish essayists Spanish gay writers Male essayists 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century essayists 20th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish LGBT people