Joan Abellan i Mula (born 1946 in
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Catalan
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playwright and essayist.
Abellan i Mula is a professor of
theater arts at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona (Barcelona Institute of Theater), and author of several plays. Additionally, Abellan i Mula has published numerous essays on the topic of theater arts. In 1989 he won the Prudenci Bertarna prize for the novel ''La dona sense attributs'' ("The woman without qualities"), written with J. Melendres. He has also translated
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
into the Catalan language, and has produced scripts for television. He has contributed to the magazine ''Pipirijaina'', and published several articles in ''Estudis Escènics'' (Stage Studies).
Works
Plays
* ''Home tocant el flabiol damunt d’un nuvol'' (1971)
* ''El bon samarità, càntir amunt, càntir avall'' ("The good Samaritan, pitcher up, pitcher down") (1976) awarded the Joan Santamaria prize
* ''El collaret d’algues vermelles'' ("The necklace of red seaweed") (1979) written with J. Melendres, awarded the Gold Critica Serra prize
* ''Despertar glaçat de primavera'' (1982) awarded the Ignasi Iglésias
* ''La ruta del salmo'' (1984) awarded the Ignasi Igésias
* ''Eclipsi'' ("Eclipse") (1986)
* ''La temporada d’hivernacle'' ("The Greenhouse Season") (1987).
Essays
* "La representacio teatral: Introduccio als llenguatges del teatre actual" ("Theatrical Representation: Introduction to the Language of Contemporary Theater") (1983)
* "Artaud i el teatre" ("Artaud and the theater") (1988)
* "El trallat de miralls" (1990)
* "La poesia escènica de
Joan Brossa
Joan Brossa (; 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998) was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote only in the Catalan language.
He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set ...
i el sentit de l’aventura contemporània" ("The scenic poetry of
Joan Brossa
Joan Brossa (; 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998) was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote only in the Catalan language.
He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set ...
and the meaning of the contemporary adventure") (1994)
* "Drama" in ''Teoria literària'' ("Literary Theory") (1997)
* "Boal conta Boal" (2001)
External links
Joan Abellan at The Association of Catalan Language Writers(In Catalan, English & Spanish).
References
* ''Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana'' (2008)
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Dramatists and playwrights from Catalonia
Living people
1946 births