Pep Bras

Pep Bras, 2011

Pep Bras (born December 25, 1962 in Premià de Mar in Spain ) is a Catalan novelist and screenwriter.

Life

Pep Bras was born in Premià de Mar, Catalonia, in 1962. At the University of Barcelona , he completed his studies in Information Science with a diploma. Between 1995 and 2011 he worked as a screenwriter for the production company of comedian and presenter Andreu Buenafuente . During this time he wrote for programs such as Sense títol , La cosa nostra and A pèl (TV3), Homo Zapping (Antena 3) and La última noche (Tele 5), as well as for the Goya Awards 2010 and 2011 presented by Buenafuentes . Bras is a lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and gives courses in humorous writing at the Pompeu Fabra University and scenic writing at the Escola d'Escriptura de l'Ateneu Barcelonès.

His literary work comprises more than twenty titles, mainly in Catalan . The girl who reaches for the stars ( Insel Verlag 2015) is his first novel in German translation. In addition, Pep Bras - under the name Josep Bras Cuenca - is a member of the Catalan authors' collective Germans Miranda.

Publications

Novels

• La niña que hacía hablar a las muñecas , Ediciones Siruela, 2014. ISBN 978-8415608691
  • The girl who reaches for the stars , German by Svenja Becker, Insel Verlag , Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3458360858
• La vida en siete minutos , Seix Barral, 2012. ISBN 978-8432209635

Contributions to anthologies

• Lo que vendría a ser la televisión en España , Planeta, 2011. ISBN 978-8408107187
• Fora de sèrie , Columna, Barcelona 2010. ISBN 978-8466412216
• El Terrat, una tonteria com una casa , Columna, Barcelona 1996. ISBN 978-8483000984
• Deu claus al pany , Pòrtic, Barcelona 1991. ISBN 978-8473064484

Publications in the author collective Germans Miranda

• La vida sexual dels germans M. , Columna, 2002. ISBN 978-8466402194
• Tocats d'amor , Columna, 2000. ISBN 978-8466401319
• El barça o la vida , Columna, 1999. ISBN 978-8483007198
• Aaaaaaaaah. Dotze contes eròtics , Columna, 1998. ISBN 978-8483005125

Further publications

• Sexe, Pentium, clearasil , Columna Jove, Barcelona 2000. ISBN 978-8466406185
• L'edat dels monstres , Columna, Barcelona 1999. ISBN 978-8483007181
• City Bang Blues. Sang i fetge a la ciutat , Millà, Barcelona 1995. ISBN 978-8473043366
• Noia dels timbals , Columna, Barcelona 1993. ISBN 978-8486612276
• Orgasmes escabrosos , Pòrtic, Barcelona 1992. ISBN 978-8473064552
• L'Ull que mata , El Mèdol, Barcelona 1991. ISBN 978-8486542436
• El Vaixell de les vagines voraginoses , Tusquets, Barcelona 1987. ISBN 978-8472233560
• Copy gratuït , Empúries, Barcelona 1987. ISBN 978-8475961040
• La mosca al nas , Edicions 62, Barcelona 1985. ISBN 978-8429722901
• Escrivint amb els cent ulls de Laura , Oikos-Tau, 1980. ISBN 978-8428104746

Web links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• Spanish publishing website
• German publisher website

Interviews (selection)

• Interview with Pep Bras on Periodista Digital (video, Spanish)
• Interview with Pep Bras on Culturamas (Spanish)