Cristóbal Serra

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Cristóbal Serra , Catalan: Cristòfol Serra Simó (born September 24, 1922 in Palma , Balearic Islands , Kingdom of Spain ; † September 6, 2012 ibid) was a Mallorcan author who wrote in Spanish .

Life

Serra studied law at the University of Barcelona and the Universidad Central de Madrid . He then studied Linguistics and Modern Literature at the University of Valencia . His writing activities are very diverse. He was interested, for example, in the works of Chinese philosophers, some of whom he translated. He translated the Biblical Apocalypse, as well as poetry and prose texts by William Blake and Vauvenargues .

In 2010 Serra's only text to date was published in German: Donkey ears . The work, which was published in a limited edition of 999 copies in total, contains a selection of Serra's aphorisms in Spanish and German. Michael Krüger wrote the afterword . Other texts have so far been translated into French, Italian and Serbian.

Publications

  • Péndulo . Atlante, Palma de Mallorca 1957.
  • Viaje a Cotiledonia . Tusquets, Barcelona 1965.
  • Péndulo y otros papeles . Tusquets, Barcelona 1975.
  • Antología del humor negro español . Tusquets, Barcelona 1976.
  • Selection of prose works by the poet Juan Lorrea : Ángeles de visión . Tusquets, Barcelona 1979.
  • Itinerario del Apocalipsis . Intermezzo, Palma de Mallorca 1980, new edition by Siruela, Madrid 2003.
  • Diario de signos . Aucadena, Palma de Mallorca 1980, new edition by Olañeta, Palma de Mallorca 2001.
  • La noche oscura de Jonas . Aloe, Palma de Mallorca 1984.
  • Con un solo ojo , with a foreword by Pere Gimferrer . Arxipièlag, Palma de Mallorca 1986.
  • Anthology: La soledad esencial . Consejería de Educación y Cultura del Gobierno de Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, 1987.
  • Retorno a Cotiledonia . La Vía Insólita, Palma de Mallorca 1989.
  • Pequeño Diccionario de William Blake . Olañeta, Palma de Mallorca 1992, new edition 2001.
  • Augurio Hipocampo Olañeta, Palma de Mallorca 1994, new edition 2001.
  • Ars Quimérica. Obra completa, 1957-1996 . Bitzoc, Palma de Mallorca 1996, reprinted by Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona 2000.
  • Nótulas . Árdora, Madrid 1999.
  • Las líneas de mi vida . Bitzoc, Palma de Mallorca 2000.
  • Visiones de Catalina de Duelmen . Prames, Zaragoza 2000.
  • El asno inverosímil . Bitzoc, Palma de Mallorca 2002.
  • Anthology: El don de la palabra . Edicions Cort, Colección Bearn, Palma de Mallorca 2004.
  • La flecha elegida. La voz secreta de Jesus . Edicions Cort, Colección Bearn, Palma de Mallorca 2006.
  • Curolla del mallorquín dadá . Together with Matías Tugores. Olañeta, Palma de Mallorca 2006.
  • Tanteos crepusculares . Pre-Textos, Valencia 2007.
  • Viaje a Cortiledonia & Retorno a Cortiledonia . Editorial Cort. Palma de Mallorca 2007, ISBN 978-84-75356006 .
  • Vauvenargues . Obra Selecta , translated into Spanish by the author. Edicions Cort, Palma de Mallorca 2007, ISBN 978-84-75355948 .
  • El canon privado de Cristóbal Serra . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2007.
  • Péndulo y otros papeles . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2008.
  • Abecé de micrologías . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2008.
  • Álbum biofotográfico . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2009.

in German and Spanish

  • Donkey ears , translated by Christian Sönnichsen. Katzengraben-Presse, Berlin 2010.

Translations

  • Tao Te King (El libro del medio) , Lao Tse . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2007.
  • Poemas y Prosas. William Blake . Símbolos y Fuentes . Edicions Cort, Biblioteca Parva de Cristóbal Serra, Palma de Mallorca 2010.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schräger Schmuck in FAZ of December 13, 2011, page 38
personal data
SURNAME Serra, Cristóbal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serra Simó, Cristòfol (Catalan)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mallorcan author
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Palma , Balearic Islands , Kingdom of Spain
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2012
Place of death Palma , Balearic Islands , Kingdom of Spain