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Baltasar Porcel

バルタサール・ポルセル

Barutasāru Poruseru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-03-14 (Andratx, Majorca)
Died
2009-07-01 (Barcelona) age 72
Nationality
Spanish, Catalan
Languages
Catalan, Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Andratx, Majorca (birth) → Barcelona and Majorca (from 1960)

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Writer, Literary critic
Active Years
1959-2009
Affiliations
Catalan Institute for the Mediterranean (1989-2000)

Awards

Prudenci Bertrana Prize
1997
Work: Ulisses a alta mar
Result: 受賞
Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes
2007
Result: 受賞
Ramon Llull Novel Award
2001
Work: L'emperador o l'ull del vent
Result: 受賞
Premi Nacional de Literatura
2002
Organization: Generalitat de Catalunya
Result: 受賞
Premio letterario Boccaccio
Result: 受賞
Prix Méditerranée
Result: 受賞
Critic's Choice
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Solnegre

1961 Novel

Early novel

Els dies immortals

1984 Novel

Novel about immortal days

L'emperador o l'ull del vent

2001 Novel

The Emperor or the Eye of the Wind

Bibliography

  • Solnegre (1961)
  • La lluna i el Cala Llamp (1963)
  • Els escorpins (1965)
  • Els argonautes (1968)
  • Difunts sota els ametllers en flor (1970)
  • Cavalls cap a la fosca (1975)
  • Les pomes d'or (1980)
  • Els dies immortals (1984)
  • Les primaveres i les tardors (1986)
  • El divorci de Berta Barca (1989)
  • Lola i els peixos morts (1994)
  • Ulisses a alta mar (1997)
  • El cor del senglar (2000)
  • L'emperador o l'ull del vent (2001)
  • Olympia a mitjanit (2004)
  • Cada castell i totes les ombres (2008)

Translations by Author

  • Baleares (1989, foreign language)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Vietnamese etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Rich narrativeMediterranean imageryMaster of Catalan literature
Recurring Motifs
Island lifeSeaDeath

Health

  • Cancer
    2000年代後半
    Died after several years battling cancer

Legacy

One of the greatest authors in 20th-century Catalan literature with an enormous legacy