Pep Coll

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Pep Coll

Josep Coll i Martí , better known as Pep Coll , (born October 16, 1949 in Pessonada , Catalonia , Spain ) is a Catalan writer . He is proficient in various literary genres. He also writes in newspapers such as Segre and El Periódico as well as for the magazine Descobrir Catalunya (“Discover Catalonia”).

Life

Coll graduated from the Catholic seminary in La Seu d'Urgell and studied philology and philosophy at the University of Barcelona . His works, often based on the Pyrenees , have been translated from Catalan into Spanish and Basque . From 1980 until he retired in 2009, he taught Catalan language and literature at the IES Màrius Torres high school in  Lleida .

Works

Novels

  • 1989: La mula vella , Empúries.
  • 1995: El Pont de Mahoma , Empúries.
  • 1997: El segle de la llum , Empúries.
  • 1999: L'abominable crim de l'Alsina Graells , Empúries.
  • 2002: Per les valls on es pon el sol , Edicions 62.
  • 2004: Els arbres amics , Empúries.
  • 2005: El salvatge dels Pirineus , Edicions 62.
  • 2008: Les senyoretes de Lourdes , Proa, Premi Sant Jordi , 2007
  • 2010: Nius , Proa.
  • 2013: Dos taüts negres i dos de blancs , Proa.

stories

  • 1989: Totes les dones es diuen Maria , Tres i Quatre.
  • 1990: L'edat de les pedres , Empúries.

Collections of folk tales and legends

  • 1986: Quan Judes era fadrí i sa marefastjava , La Magrana.
  • 1993: Muntanyes Maleïdes , Empúries.
  • 2003: El rei de la Val d'Aran , Empúries.
  • 2006: Mentre el món serà món , Empúries.
  • 2012: Legend d'arreu de Catalunya , La Galera.

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personal data
SURNAME Coll, Pep
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coll i Martí, Josep (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Pessonada , Catalonia , Spain