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Sebastià Juan i Arbó

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Sebastià Juan i Arbó

Aliases: Sebastián Juan Arbó

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1902-10-28 (Sant Carles de la Ràpita)
Died
1984-01-03 (Barcelona) age 81
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Catalan, Spanish
Residence History
Sant Carles de la Ràpita → Amposta → Barcelona

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, journalist
Active Years
1931-1982
Affiliations
Association of Writers in the Catalan Language (honorary member)
Memberships
Association of Writers in the Catalan Language

Awards

Premio Nadal
1948
Work: Sobre las piedras grises
Organization: Destino
Result: 受賞
Fastenrath Prize
1934
Work: Terres de l'Ebre
Organization: Floral Games of Barcelona
Result: 受賞
Novelistas Award
1936
Work: Camins de nit
Organization: Municipality of Barcelona
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Terres de l'Ebre

1932 novel

A novel describing the situation of peasants in the Ebro Delta, forgotten and humble, working in hard land.

peasant lifeEbro Deltahardships
Translations
  • Translated into Italian, French, German, Dutch

Bibliography

  • L'inútil combat (1931)
  • Terres de l'Ebre (1932)
  • Notes d'un estudiant que va morir boig (1933)
  • Camins de nit (1935)
  • Sobre las piedras grises (1948)

Health

  • heart attack
    1984年
    cause of death

Legacy

Catalan novelist known for works on the Ebro Delta; won Nadal Prize.

In Popular Culture

  • Monument in Amposta celebrating 100th anniversary of birth

Trivia

  • Born into a peasant family.
  • Stopped publishing after Spanish Civil War.