Lluís-Anton Baulenas Explained

Lluís-Anton Baulenas
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:21 September 1958
Birth Place:Barcelona, Catalonia
Occupation:Novelist, playwright, translator, literary critic
Language:Catalan

Lluís-Anton Baulenas (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ʎuˈiz ənˈtɔm bəwˈlɛnəs/; born in Barcelona on 21 September 1958) is a Catalan novelist, translator and playwright.[1]

Career

Among his works are the novels Rampoines 451 (1990, English: Good-for-Nothing 451), Noms à la sorra (1995, English: Names in the Sand), which was a finalist for the Sant Jordi Prize, Alfons XIV (1997), El fil de plata (1998, English: The Silver Thread), which was awarded the Serra d'Or Critics' Prize and Carlemany Novel Award, La felicitat (2001,), which received the Prudenci Bertrana Prize. His novels Amor d'idiota (2003), Àrea de servei (2007) and La vostra Anita (2015) have been adapted for the screen by the film-maker Ventura Pons.

His work has been translated into a dozen languages. He has translated, from French and English to Catalan, classics by authors like Truman Capote or George Orwell, among others. He writes cultural articles and literary criticism for newspapers like El País, Ara, El Periódico de Catalunya, La Vanguardia and El Punt Avui.

Works

Novels

Plays

Non-fiction

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lluís Anton Baulenas i Setó enciclopedia.cat . 2024-02-13 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
  2. News: 7 March 2017 . Núria . Juanico . Lluís-Anton Baulenas: "Tots portem la bestialitat i la maldat a dins" . Ara.cat.
  3. Web site: 2019-08-26 . La represa literària arriba plena de novetats .
  4. News: Moret . Xavier . 1998-09-18 . Baulenas gana el Carlemany con una novela ambientada en la guerra civil . 2024-02-13 . El País . es . 1134-6582.
  5. News: Bague . Gerard . 2000-11-11 . Baulenas gana el Bertrana con una novela sobre la apertura de la Via Laietana . 2024-02-13 . El País . es . 1134-6582.
  6. Web site: 2005-02-04 . Lluís-Anton Baulenas gana el Ramon Llull de novela con "Per un sac d´ossos" . 2024-02-13 . Diario ABC . es.
  7. Web site: AVUI.cat . 2024-02-13 . Lluís-Anton Baulenas guanya el 49è Premi Sant Jordi amb 'El nas de Mussolini' - 20 des 2008 . 2024-02-13 . El Punt Avui . ca.
  8. Web site: Ara . 2016-11-12 . Lluís-Anton Baulenas guanya el premi Ciutat d'Alzira de novel·la . 2024-02-13 . Ara.cat . ca.
  9. Web site: 2023-02-13 . Lluís-Anton Baulenas gana el primer Premi Santa Eulàlia con una novela ambientada en la Barcelona de 2003 y la burbuja inmobiliaria . 2024-02-13 . El País . es.