Joan-Lluís Lluís
Joan-Lluís Lluís (* 1963 in Perpignan , France ) is a French- North Catalan writer and journalist .
life and work
Joan-Lluís Lluís lives in Barcelona and has worked as a journalist for the Catalan newspaper El Punt since 1987 . Lluís has been writing novels in Catalan since 1993 and is actively committed to this language. With the musician Pascal Comelade , he wrote the manifesto Manifest revulsista nord-català ( Manifiesto revulsista norcatalán ) in 1998 .
Most of his novels have been published by La Magrana in Barcelona. He is also the author of a short non-fiction book called Conversa amb el meu gos sobre França i els francesos (Conversation with my dog about France and the French, 2002) and the Diccionari dels llocs imaginaris dels Països Catalans (Dictionary of imaginary places of the Catalan countries, 2006), in which he records the “geography of the imaginary” in 627 articles based on its description in literature.
On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007 Lluís represented the Ramon Llull Institute for the host country Catalonia. None of his works has yet been translated into German.
Awards
- 2003: Premi Joan Coromines of the Coordinadora d'Associacions per la Llengua catalana (CAL) de la CAL for Conversa amb el meu gos sobre França i els francesos
- 2004: Joan Crexells Prize for El dia de l'ós
- 2009: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura i Assaig for Aiguafang
- 2010: Premi Nacional President Lluís Companys
- 2017: Premi Sant Jordi de novella for Jo sóc aquell que va matar Franco
Works
- Els ulls de sorra. La Magrana, Barcelona 1993, ISBN 84-7410-692-3 (Title translation: Sandaugen).
- Vagons robats. La Magrana, Barcelona 1995, ISBN 84-7410-860-8 .
- Cirera. La Magrana, Barcelona 1996, ISBN 84-7410-933-7 .
- El crim de l'escriptor cansat. La Magrana, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84-8264-254-5 (Title translation: The Crime of the Tired Writer).
- Conversa amb el meu gos sobre França i els francesos. La Magrana, Barcelona 2002, ISBN 84-8264-412-2 (collection of essays).
- El dia de l'ós. La Magrana, Barcelona 2004, ISBN 84-7871-199-6 (Title translation: The Day of the Bear).
- Pascal Comelade i Arsène Lupine, les proves irrefutables d'una enginyosa mistificació. Mare Nostrum, Perpignan 2005, ISBN 2-908476-41-X .
- Diccionari dels llocs imaginaris dels Països Catalans. RBA, 2006, ISBN 978-84-7871-430-8 .
- Aiguafang. La Magrana, Barcelona 2008, ISBN 978-84-9867-255-8 .
- Xocolata desfeta, exercicis d'espill. La Magrana, Barcelona 2010, ISBN 978-84-8264-031-0 .
- A cremallengua. Elogi de la diversitat lingüística. Pròleg de Matthew Tree. Viena, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-8330-662-8 .
- Les cròniques del déu coix ( ed.Proa , Barcelona, 2013, ISBN 978-84-7588-423-3 ). Premi Lletra d'Or.
- El navegant (ed.Proa, Barcelona, 2016, ISBN 978-84-7588-633-6 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Joan-Lluís Lluís in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Website for Joan-Lluís Lluís on lletrA , Catalan literature online (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manifest revulsista nord-català ( Memento of October 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ateneu Barcelonès, Prize Winner 2000 to 2007 (Catalan, accessed on May 19, 2013).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lluís, Joan-Lluís |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Catalan writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perpignan |