Quim Monzó

Guillem Colom-Montero (University of Exeter)

Ed. by Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.02: Spanish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1700-present.
Vol. editors: Santiago Bertrán (University of Oxford), Isabel Berzal Ayuso (Universidad de Alcala de Henares), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Alexis Grohmann (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

Born 24 Mar 1952
Activity 1972-ongoing

Places

Born in Catalonia
Active in Catalonia

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Other

Reporter

Resources

Monzó's Works

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Joaquim Monzó i Gómez, known as Quim Monzó, is one of Catalonia’s most celebrated and influential living authors, as well as being a well-known public figure owing to his participation in several radio and television programmes. He has published eight short-story collections, three novels and eleven volumes of journalistic opinion pieces. His works have been translated into twenty-six languages, adapted for cinema and honoured with fourteen awards in Catalonia, including the prestigious

Premi Nacional de Literatura

(2000),

Premi Lletra d’Or

(2000) and

Premi d’Honor de les Lletres Catalanes

(2018), as well as the

Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Literatura i Assaig

on four occasions (1981, 1986, 1994, 1997). A case could be made for him being the foremost Catalan-language author in…

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Citation: Colom-Montero, Guillem. "Quim Monzó". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 July 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14103, accessed 23 November 2024.]