Terenci Moix

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Terenci Moix, (real name Ramón Moix) (Barcelona, 5 January 1942 - Barcelona, 2 April de 2003) was a Spanish Catalan writer who wrote in Spanish and in Catalan.

He had a self-taught and anarchist education. His first work was published in 1968. La torre de los vicios capitales. His works criticised the values of his time, specially during Francisco Franco's period. He wrote in several newspapers: Tele-Exprés, Tele-Estel, El Correo Catalán, Destino, Nuevos Fotogramas, Serra d'Or and El País. He was a declared homosexual and participated in lots of TV gathering. He died of lung emphysema due to his addiction to tobacco.

[edit] Novels

  • La torre de los vicios capitales
  • El día que murió Marilyn
  • Olas sobre una roca desierta
  • Mundo macho
  • La caiguda de L'imperi sodomita
  • La increada conciencia de la raza o melodrama
  • Sadistic, esperpentic i adhuc metafisic
  • Nuestro Virgen de los mártires
  • Amami, Alfredo! o polvo de estrellas
  • No digas que fue un sueño
  • El arpista ciego

[edit] Essays

  • Iniciació a una història del cine
  • Los cómics, arte para el consumo y formas pop
  • El sadismo de nuestra infancia
  • Terenci del Nilo
  • Crónicas italianas
  • Hollywood stories (2 vols.)
  • Tres viajes románticos
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