Jesús Moncada

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Jesús Moncada

Jesús Moncada i Estruga (born December 1, 1941 in Mequinenza , Aragon , † June 13, 2005 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish writer in the Catalan language .

Moncada came from the Catalan-speaking part of Aragon . After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher and later moved to Barcelona , as his hometown had to give way to a dam project on the Ebro in the 1970s . Mequinenza turned his prose work into a literary myth . In Barcelona he first worked as a painter.

Moncada's best-known work is the book “The sinking city” (“Camí de sirga” = towpath), which has been translated into 15 languages. In this book he describes life in his hometown Mequinenza and the sinking of it. It is considered to be one of the most important works in the Catalan language of the last few decades.

In German, in addition to “The sinking city”, only “La galeria de les estàtues (German: The gallery of statues)” appeared.

Works

Novels

stories

Translations

Jesús Moncada was also active as a translator. He has translated works by Guillaume Apollinaire , Joan Cortada i Sala , Alexandre Dumas , André Hardellet, Claude Jolyot de Crébillon , Léo Malet , Roger Martin du Gard , Jules Verne and Boris Vian .

Moncada is one of the most translated Catalan-speaking authors. There are translations of his works in the following languages: Aragonese , Danish , German , English , French , Galician , Hebrew , Italian , Japanese , Dutch , Polish , Portuguese , Romanian , Russian , Swedish , Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish , Hungarian and Vietnamese .

Works in German translation

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personal data
SURNAME Moncada, Jesus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moncada i Estruga, Jesús (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Mequinenza , Baix Cinca
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2005
Place of death Barcelona