Quim Monzó

Quim Monzó
Born (1952-03-24) 24 March 1952
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation Journalist, Novelist
Nationality Spanish

Joaquim Monzó i Gómez, also known as Quim Monzó (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkim munˈso])[1] (born 24 March 1952 in Barcelona, Spain), is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXpres. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in La Vanguardia.

His fiction is characterized by an awareness of pop culture and irony. His other prose maintains this humor. One collection of his essays, Catorze ciutats comptant-hi Brooklyn, is notable for its account of New York City in the days immediately following September 11. In collaboration with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogue for Bigas Luna's Jamón, jamón. He has also written El tango de Don Joan, with Jérôme Savary.

In 2007 he wrote and read the opening speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the year in which Catalan culture was the guest. Monzó designed an acclaimed lecture written as if it were a short story, thus differing completely from a traditional speech. From December 2009 to April 2010 there took place in the Arts Santa Mònica Gallery in Barcelona a great retrospective exhibition on his life and his work, called Monzó.

Bibliography

Miscellany

He has also translated a large number of authors, including Truman Capote, J.D. Salinger, Ray Bradbury, Thomas Hardy, Harvey Fierstein, Ernest Hemingway, John Barth, Roald Dahl, Mary Shelley, Javier Tomeo, Arthur Miller, and Eric Bogosian.

Monzó has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.[2][3]

Books about Monzó

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Why is it ˈkim munˈso and not ˈkim munˈzo. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.
  2. ↑ (in Spanish)"Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2009. APTT web page. Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
  3. ↑ (in Spanish) Puyod, Carmina. Síndrome de Tourette: el capricho del cerebro. El Periódico de Aragón (May 23, 2003). Retrieved on 2009-01-03.
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