Julià de Jòdar i Muñoz (
Badalona
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, 28 December 1942), is a Spanish writer in
Catalan.
Biography
Julia de Jòdar was born in 1942 in Badalona and grew up in the neighborhood of
Gorg of this city. Although he headed towards first to study engineering and obtained his diploma in Chemical Engineering −1964, then abandoned that way to study humanities. So he graduated in Modern and Contemporary History in 1973, and he studied theater at the School of Dramatic Art
Adrià Gual
Adrià Gual i Queralt (; Barcelona, 1872–1943) was a Catalan playwright and theatre businessman, founder of the Escola Catalana d'Art Dramàtic and a pioneer of cinema in Barcelona.
He founded El Teatre Íntim (The Intimate Theatre). He w ...
. There was a member of the team
Ricard Salvat Ricard is a surname, as well as a Catalan name. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
His major work is ''L'atzar i les ombres'', a trilogy comprising the novels ''L'àngel de la segona mort'', ''El trànsit de les fades'' and ''El metall impur''.
In 2009, with his novel ''Pastoral catalana'', a sort of homage to the American writer
Philip Roth
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and his ''American Pastoral'', he received the
Premi Carlemany given annually by the
Government of Andorra
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.
Currently (2006), he collaborates weekly in the newspaper ''
Avui
''Avui'' (; ) was a Catalan-language daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, 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'' was first publi ...
'', fortnightly in the newspaper ''
El Punt
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History and pr ...
'', weekly in ''Elsingulardigital'' and, more sporadically in
VilaWeb.
The 13 October 2012 was eighty-four chosen from the list of
Alternative Left-CUP to Barcelona to the
2012 Catalan parliamentary election with the aim of closing the list of
constituency
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, along with the footballer
Oleguer Presas and the lawyer
August Gil Matamala eighty-third and eighty-fifth respectively.
In 2012, he published, together with the journalist
David Fernàndez, the book ''Cop de CUP''.
Works
Novels
* ''L'àngel de la segona mort''. Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1997.
Premi Ciutat de Barcelona
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1998.
* ''El trànsit de les fades''. Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 2001.
Premi de la Crítica 2001.
* ''L'home que va estimar Natàlia Vidal''. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 2002.
Prudenci Bertrana Prize
The Prudenci Bertrana Prize (, ) is a literary award for novels written in Catalan. It has been awarded annually since 1968 in honour of the Catalan author Prudenci Bertrana (1867–1941). The winner receives €42,000, and the prize is considere ...
2003.
* ''El metall impur''. Barcelona: Proa, 2005.
Premi Sant Jordi 2005.
Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de novel·la 2007.
* ''Noi, ¿has vist la mare amagada entre les ombres?''. Barcelona: Proa, 2008.
* ''La pastoral catalana''. Barcelona: Proa, 2009.
Premi Carlemany 2009.
Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de novel·la 2011.
Short stories
* ''Zapata als Encants''. Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, 1999.
Other works
* ''Fot-li que som catalans'', Barcelona: L'Esfera dels Llibres, 2005 (with
Xavier Bru de Sala
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and
Miquel de Palol).
* ''Fot-li més que encara som catalans'', Barcelona: L'Esfera dels Llibres, 2006 (with Xavier Bru de Sala and Miquel de Palol).
* ''Directe al gra'', Ed. Brosquil, 2007.
* ''Cop de CUP. Viatge a l'ànima i a les arrels de les Candidatures d'Unitat Popular'', Barcelona: Columna Edicions, 2012 (with
David Fernàndez).
Notes
External links
Julià de Jòdarat the website of
Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (, "Association of Writers in the Catalan Language", or "Association of Catalan-Language Writers"), also known by the acronym and initialism, acronym AELC, is a professional organisation of authors, p ...
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1942 births
Living people
Writers from Catalonia
Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia
Women members of the Parliament of Catalonia
21st-century Spanish women politicians