Raül Garrigasait i Colomés ( Solsona, 1979) is a Catalan translator from

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. His first book was an essay on classical erudition. His first novel, ''Els estranys'', won the 2017 Catalan booksellers' Prize and the 2017 Òmnium Prize. He has translated works by

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, Alexandros Papadiamandis,

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, among other writers, and presently heads La Casa dels Clàssics (House of the Classics), a project initiated by the Bernat Metge Collection with the aim of promoting the creation, thought and dissemination of universal classics in the Catalan language.

Works

* ''La tendra mà de cada arrel'' (The tender hand of each root) (Viena edicions, 2005) * ''El gos cosmopolita i dos espècimens més'' (The Cosmopolitan Dog and Two Other Specimens] (A Contravent, 2012) * ''Els estranys'' (

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, 2017) translated to English by Tiago Miller and published by Fum d'Estampa (2021) * 2018: ''El fugitiu que no se'n va'' (

) * 2020: ''La ira'' ( Fragmenta ) * 2020: ''Els fundadors: una història d'ambició, clàssics i poder'' ( Ara Llibres) * 2020: ''País barroc'' ('' L'Avenç'')

References

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