Joaquim Monzó i Gómez (born 15 March 1952), also known as Quim Monzó (), is a contemporary

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writer of novels,

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and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from

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and

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for the Barcelona newspaper ''Tele/eXpres''. He was one of the members of the Catalan literary collective, '' Ofèlia Dracs''. He lives in

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and publishes regularly in ''

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''. His

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is characterized by an awareness of

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and

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. His other

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maintains this humor. One collection of his

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s, ''Catorze ciutats comptant-hi Brooklyn'', is notable for its account of

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in the days immediately following September 11. In collaboration with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogue for

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's '' Jamón, jamón''. He has also written ''El tango de Don Joan'', with Jérôme Savary. In 2007 he wrote and read the opening speech at the

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, the year in which Catalan culture was the guest. Monzó designed an acclaimed lecture written as if it were a short story, thus differing completely from a traditional speech. From December 2009 to April 2010 there took place in the Arts Santa Mònica Gallery in Barcelona a great retrospective exhibition on his life and his work, called ''Monzó''.

Bibliography

Books in English

* ''O'Clock'', 1986. New York: Ballantine Books. Translated by Mary Ann Newman. * ''The enormity of the tragedy'', 2007. London: Peter Owen Publishers. Translated by Peter Bush. * ''Gasoline'', 2010. Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Mary Ann Newman. ; * ''Guadalajara'', 2011, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ; * ''A thousand morons'', 2013, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ; * ''Why, Why, Why?'', 2019, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ;

Books in Catalan

Fiction

* ''L'udol del griso al caire de les clavegueres'', 1976. Winner of the Premi Prudenci Bertrana (1976). * ''Self Service'', 1977. In collaboration with Biel Mesquida. * ''Uf, va dir ell'', 1978. * ''Olivetti, Moulinex, Chaffoteaux et Maury'', 1980. Winner of the Premi de la Crítica ''Serra d'Or'' in 1981. * ''Benzina'', 1983. * ''L'illa de Maians'', 1985. Awarded the Premi de la Crítica ''Serra d'Or'', 1986. * ''La magnitud de la tragèdia'', 1989. Winner of the Premi de Novel·la ''El Temps'', 1989. * ''El perquè de tot plegat'', 1993. Awarded the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona in 1993, and the Premi de la Crítica ''Serra d'Or'' in 1994. * ''Guadalajara'', 1996. Awarded the Premi de la Crítica ''Serra d'Or'', 1997. * ''Vuitanta-sis contes'' (comprising ''Uf, va dir ell'', ''Olivetti, Moulinex, Chaffoteaux et Maury'', ''L'illa de Maians'', ''El perquè de tot plegat'' and ''Guadalajara''), 1999. Awarded the Premi Nacional de Literatura and Premi Lletra d'Or, both in 2000. * ''El millor dels mons'', 2001. * ''Mil cretins'', 2007. Awarded the Maria Àngels Anglada Prize, 2008.

Collected articles and essays

* ''El dia del senyor'', 1984. * ''Zzzzzzzz'', 1987. * ''La maleta turca'', 1990. * ''Hotel Intercontinental'', 1991. * ''No plantaré cap arbre'', 1994. * ''Del tot indefens davant dels hostils imperis alienígenes'', 1998. * ''Tot és mentida'', 2000. * ''El tema del tema'', 2003. * ''Catorze ciutats comptant-hi Brooklyn'', 2004. * ''Esplendor i glòria de la Internacional Papanates'', 2010. * ''Taula i barra. Diccionari de menjar i beure'', 2017.

Miscellany

He has also translated a large number of authors, including

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, J.D. Salinger,

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, Javier Tomeo,

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, and

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. Monzó has been diagnosed with

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''Síndrome de Tourette: el capricho del cerebro''.
''El Periódico de Aragón'' (May 23, 2003). Retrieved on 2009-01-03.

Books about Monzó

*Margarida Casacuberta and Marina Gustà (ed.): ''De Rusiñol a Monzó: humor i literatura''. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 1996, *Christian Camps and Jordi Gàlvez (ed.): ''Quim Monzó''. Montpellier: Université Paul Valéry, 1998. LO * Antoni Mestres: ''Humor i persuasió: l’obra periodística de Quim Monzó''. Alicante: Universitat d'Alacant, 2006. * Julià Guillamon (ed.): ''Monzó. Com triomfar a la vida''. Barcelona: Galàxia Gutenberg / Cercle de Lectors, 2009, . This is a book catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition devoted to the life and work of author (Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, between December 2009 and April 2010).

References

External links

Website dedicated to Monzó

Quim Monzó
al the Association of Catalan Language Writers. In
Short stories by Monzó in ''Words without Borders''

Open Letter Publishing House
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* * ttp://www.vilaweb.cat/media/attach/vwedts/docs/discursinaugural.pdf Opening speech at the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair * *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185000/http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/culturacatalana/menuitem.be2bc4cc4c5aec88f94a9710b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=51b8ef2126896210VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=51b8ef2126896210VgnVCM1000000b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=detall2&contentid=295def7fb89d7210VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&newLang=en_GB Profile in Culturcat]
Web dedicated to the book ''Monzó. Com triomfar a la vida''

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