Gabriel Janer Manila

Gabriel Janer Manila is a Catalan university professor, translator and prize-winning writer, born in Algaida, Mallorca, Spain on November 1, 1940.

A prolific author who has worked in almost every genre, he is well-known across Catalonia and indeed all of Spain. Winner in 2007 of the Premi Ramon Llull, the most prestigious prize in Catalan literature, for his novel Tigers,[1] his work has been translated into several languages (German, English, Spanish, Basque and Galician).

Manila combines his literary career with teaching at the University of the Balearic Islands.[2] He is the father of Maria de la Pau Janer, also a writer.

In 1998 he was awarded the Cross of Saint George of the Generalitat (Parliament) of Catalonia.

Contents

Works

Short Fiction

Novels

Essays and Other Prose Works

Plays

References

  1. ^ Geli, Carles (February 2, 2007), "Gabriel Janer Manila gana el Ramon Llull con una novela sobre un banquero "tenebroso"" (in Spanish), El País, http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Gabriel/Janer/Manila/gana/Ramon/Llull/novela/banquero/tenebroso/elpepuespcat/20070202elpcat_15/Tes .
  2. ^ Faculty listing, Departament de Pedagogia i Didàctiques Específiques, University of the Balearic Islands, retrieved 2010-07-04.