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
- Camí de sirga (1988, ISBN 84-7410-760-1 ).
- La galeria de les estàtues (1992, ISBN 84-8264-504-8 ).
- Estremida memòria (1997, ISBN 84-297-5513-6 ).
stories
- Històries de la mà esquerra i altres narracions (1981, ISBN 84-8264-302-9 ).
- El cafè de la granota (1985, ISBN 84-7410-861-6 ).
- Calaveres atònites (1999, ISBN 84-8264-209-X ). A collection of short and entertaining stories set in the post-war mequinenza.
- Contes (2001, ISBN 84-7871-298-4 ). Selected stories from the previous three volumes of stories.
- Riada (2000, ISBN 84-932385-9-7 ).
- Cabòries estivals i altres proses volanderes (2003, ISBN 84-297-5402-4 ).
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
- The sinking city . Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2002. ISBN 3-100-50603-0
- The gallery of statues . Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2002. ISBN 3-100-50604-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Jesús Moncada in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laura Ferré Badia, "L'estil literari de Jesús Moncada a Estremida Memòria: Entre el català normatiu i la llengua de Mequinensa", Premi d'Investigació “Jesús Moncada” 2018
- Artur Garcia Fuster, "Memoria, Oralitat i Ironia a la narrativa de Jesús Moncada", Premi d'Investigació “Jesús Moncada” 2018
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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 |