Josep Pla

Josep Pla 1917

Josep Pla i Casadevall (born March 8, 1897 in Palafrugell , † April 23, 1981 in Llofriu ) was a Spanish journalist and writer in Spanish and Catalan .

Life

Josep Pla worked as a journalist in France , Italy , England , Germany and Russia , where he wrote political and cultural chronicles .

His literary work, created over a period of six decades, plays an essential role in renewing the Catalan language and promoting Catalan customs and traditions across countries. His comments , chronicles and reports from the different countries of his work are considered unique historical evidence of the 20th century.

At the time of early Franquism (until 1947) his works in the Catalan language were banned. Recent biographical research shows, however, that Pla was close to the Spanish national camp during the time of the Spanish Civil War and gathered information for the Francoist intelligence service.

Josep Pla is still considered one of the most widely read and popular contemporary Catalan authors 25 years after his death.

Works (selection)

El quadern gris , diary, 1918–1919 (German: The gray book)
Coses vistes , 1925
Cartes de lluny , travelogues, 1929
Viatge a Catalunya , travelogues, 1934
Rusiñol y su tiempo , biographical portrait, 1941
Viaje en autobús , travelogues, 1942
El pintor Joaquín Mir , biographical portrait, 1944
El carrer estret , 1951, awarded the Premi Joanot Martorell literary prize ( Eng .: Enge Straße)

L'Empordanet , 1954
Peix fregit , 1954
Catalunya vella , travelogues, 1965
Contraban i altres narracions , short stories, 1980
Homenots ( Enric Prat de la Riba , Pompeu Fabra , Antoni Gaudí , Isidre Nonell , Eugeni d'Ors and others), biographical portraits, 1984/1987

Web links

Commons : Josep Pla - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Josep Pla in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
Literature by and about Josep Pla in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Josep Pla in the catalog of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Germany
Fundació Josep Pla - Website of the Josep Pla Foundation (Catalan, Spanish, English, French)
Escriptors en llengua catalana - “Authors in Catalan Language” website (Catalan, Spanish, English)

Individual evidence

↑ Sources: Report by Televisó de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio on the discovery of files by the French police who name Josep Pla as a Francoist agent, see [1] (Catalan), as well as a new biography about Josep Pla by Cristina Badosa: Josep Pla: El difícil equilibri entre literatura i política , report on this in El País: [2] (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Pla, Josep
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pla i Casadevall, Josep (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan language Spanish writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palafrugell
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1981
Place of death	Llofriu

[1] Sources: Report by Televisó de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio on the discovery of files by the French police who name Josep Pla as a Francoist agent, see [1] (Catalan), as well as a new biography about Josep Pla by Cristina Badosa: Josep Pla: El difícil equilibri entre literatura i política , report on this in El País: [2] (Spanish).