Màrius Serra i Roig (born May 1, 1963, in

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, Catalonia) is a Spanish writer, journalist, translator and television maker. Serra has a degree in English philology, and in addition to his writing career, is a professor of English. In 2006 he won one of the most prestigious literary awards in Catalan, the

Ramon Llull Novel Award The Ramon Llull Novel Award (; ) is an honor given annually to a novel originally written in Catalan. Conceived in 1981 by editor , it is awarded by the Planeta publishing house in conjunction with the Government of Andorra. It confers a moneta ...

, for his novel ''Farsa'' (Farce). Since 2013 he's a member of the

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. Though he had already been publishing since 1987, he first became famous with the publication of the novel ''Mon oncle'' (My uncle) in 1994. He was also the host of a television show about books, ''Alexandria'' on Channel 33 in Catalonia. Serra also was a frequent contributor to the former Barcelona daily newspaper ''

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.'' Besides, he has participated with his crosswords ("Crucigramarius") in the weekend program of

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"No es un día cualquiera" for years, and has another section called "Enigmarius" in

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Works

Short stories

*1987 ''Línia'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1987) *1988 ''Amnèsia'' (Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1988) award El Brot *1991 ''Tres és massa'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1991) *1993 ''Contagi'' (Barcelona: Cafè Central, 1993) *1998 ''La vida normal'' (Barcelona: Proa, 1998) award Ciutat de Barcelona de Literatura Catalana

Novels

*1990 ''L'home del sac'' (Barcelona: Columna, 1990) *1996 ''Mon oncle'' (Barcelona: Proa, 1996) award Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana de narrativa. *1999 ''Ablanatanalba'' (Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1999) *2003 ''Monocle'' (Barcelona: Mòbil Books-La Vanguardia, 2003) *2006 ''Farsa'' (Barcelona: Planeta, 2006) *2008 ''Quiet'' (Barcelona: Empúries, 2008) *2013 ''Plans de futur'' (Barcelona: Proa, 2013) award Sant Jordi.

Novel "bluetooth"

* 2007 ''La veritable història de Harald Bluetooth'' (''The true story of Harakd Bluetooth''), short story written and recorded to be downloaded by mobile.

Essays

*2004 ''De com s'escriu una novel·la'' (''How To Write a Novel''), (Barcelona: Empúries, 2004) *2007 ''Enviar i Rebre'' (''Send and Receive''), (Barcelona: Columna, 2007) recull d'articles publicades a ''

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'' i '' l'Avui''

Crosswords

* 1991 ''Manual d'enigmística'' (Barcelona: Columna Edicions) * 2000 ''Verbàlia (jocs de paraules i esforços de l'enginy literari)'' (Barcelona:

Editorial Empúries An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about a ...

, 2000, 2a edició 2001) Premis Octavi Pellissa, Serra d'Or i Lletra d'Or. * 2002 ''Verbàlia.com (jugar, llegir, tal vegada escriure) '' (Barcelona:

) * 2004 ''Els 100 millors crucigrames de Màrius Serra i Pau Vidal'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:

) * 2004 ''Els 50 millors crucigrames amb enigma'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:

) * 2005 ''Els 65 millors crucigrames per tenir sort'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:

) * 2005 ''Els 66 crucigrames més lletrats (més 3 de lletruts)'', amb Pau Vidal (Barcelona:

) * 2010 ''Dicciomàrius'' (Barcelona: labutxaca) * 2010 ''Verbàlia 2.0'' (Barcelona:

). Descripció: ''"A Verbàlia 2.0 trobareu mig centenar d'artificis verbals ben definits, historiats i exemplificats: des d'un logogrif o un anagrama, un calembour o un lipograma, fins a un palíndrom, una paronomàsia o un contrapet."''

Awards

*1986 Ciutat d'Elx award for the story "Lletra menuda", included inside his collection of short stories, ''Línia'' (''Line'') *1987 Award El Brot for ''Amnèsia'' *1994 Foundation Enciclopèdia Catalana of narrative for ''Mon oncle'' (''My uncle'') *1999

Premi Ciutat de Barcelona ''Premi'' (, translated as "Lover") is a Bengali romantic drama film released in 2004. Directed by Rabi Kinagi, the movie featured Jeet, Jisshu Sengupta and Chandana Sharma. This was Chandana Sharma's debut movie It is a remake of the Telugu-lan ...

for ''La vida normal'' *1999 Award Octavi Pellissa for ''Verbàlia'' *2001 Premi Crítica Serra d'Or d'estudi literari for ''Verbàlia'' *2001

Premi Lletra d'Or ''Premi'' (, translated as "Lover") is a Bengali romantic drama film released in 2004. Directed by Rabi Kinagi, the movie featured Jeet, Jisshu Sengupta and Chandana Sharma. This was Chandana Sharma's debut movie It is a remake of the Telugu-lan ...

for ''Verbàlia'' *2006

for ''Farsa'' *2011

Award Memorial Lluís Companys An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be de ...

of Fundació Josep Irla *2012

Premi Sant Jordi de Novel·la The Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la (; "Saint George's novel prize") is an award for Catalan language literature, given by Òmnium Cultural and Enciclopèdia Catalana. History Francoism This award was created in 1947 by the Catalan publisher A ...

for ''Plans de futur''

Bibliography

* Biel Barnils: ''L'orgia verbal. Converses amb Màrius Serra'' (''The verbal orgy. Conversations with Màrius Serra''), (Barcelona: Edicions Dau, 2010)

References

External links

Màrius Serra
at the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC). Website in Catalan, English and Spanish. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serra, Marius Living people 1963 births Writers from Catalonia Articles containing video clips Catalan-language writers Writers from Barcelona Journalists from Barcelona Palindromists