Manuel Forcano
Manuel Forcano (born August 2, 1968 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish Catalan-language writer , Semitic philologist and translator of Hebrew poetry .
Life
Manuel Forcano worked as a lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic at the University of Barcelona . He translated various Israeli poets - e. B. Jehuda Amichai and Ronny Someck - as well as prose by EM Forster in Catalan .
Since 1993 he has published several volumes of his own poetry. El tren de Baghdad (The Train to Baghdad) was awarded the Premi Carles Riba de poesia literary prize in 2003 .
Forcanos fan clubs have now formed in Catalonia , and a restaurant names one of its dishes after the poet.
Poetry
- De nit , 1999
- Corint , Edicions Proa, Barcelona 2000
- Com un persa , 2001
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El tren de Baghdad , Proa, Barcelona 2004
- German: El tren de Bagdad - The train to Baghdad . Translated by Sven Limbeck, Elfenbein Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-932245-85-5 .
- Llei d'estrangeria , Proa, Barcelona 2008
- Estàtues sense cap , Proa, Barcelona 2013, ISBN 9788475883465
Web links
- Manuel Forcano published by Ivory Verlag.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forcano, Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish writer, Semitic philologist and translator of Hebrew poetry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |