Josep Navarro Santaeulàlia
Encyclopedia
Josep Navarro Santaeulàlia (* 1955 in Banyoles
) is a Catalan
writer
and poet
.
, Catalonia
, where he still lives with his family. He is a poet, essayist, novelist and translator. His first publication was a poetry book, Memòries de la carn (Memories of the flesh). The author
has been awarded with the Prize for Essays Crítica Serra d'Or 1991, with the Novel Award Crítica Serra d'Or 2000 and the Premi Columna 2002, also for a novel
, among others.
Banyoles
Banyoles is a city of 17,309 inhabitants located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain.The town is the capital of the Catalan comarca "Pla de l'Estany"...
) is a Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
.
Biography
Josep Navarro Santaeulàlia, whose name is always stated as J. N. Santaeulàlia on his books, was born in 1955 in BanyolesBanyoles
Banyoles is a city of 17,309 inhabitants located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain.The town is the capital of the Catalan comarca "Pla de l'Estany"...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, where he still lives with his family. He is a poet, essayist, novelist and translator. His first publication was a poetry book, Memòries de la carn (Memories of the flesh). The author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
has been awarded with the Prize for Essays Crítica Serra d'Or 1991, with the Novel Award Crítica Serra d'Or 2000 and the Premi Columna 2002, also for a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, among others.
Publications
- Memòries de la carn, poetry, Columna, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
1987 - Questió de mots: del simbolisme a la poesia pura, essay, La Magrana, Barcelona 1989
- Objectes perduts, stories, La Magrana, Barcelona 1990
- La llum dins l'aigua, poetry, Columna, Barcelona 1996
- Una ombra a l'herba, poetry, Moll, Majorca 1998
- Fusions, poetry, La Magrana, Barcelona 1997
- Terra negra, novel, Proa, Barcelona 1996
- Bulbs, novel, La Magrana, Barcelona 1999
- L'absent, novel, La Magrana, Barcelona 1999
- Pagodes i gratacels, travel narrative, Columna, Barcelona 2001
- Ulls d'aigua, novel, Columna, Barcelona 2002
- Punt mort, novel, Columna, Barcelona 2005
- Yume, novel, La Magrana, Barcelona 2007
Translations by the author
- Haikús de primavera i d'estiu, HaikuHaiku' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...
s (from Japanese to Catalan), La Magrana, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
1997