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Quim Monz was born in Barcelona in 1952. He has been awarded theNational Award, the City of Barcelona Award, the Prudenci Bertrana Award, the El Temps Award, the Lletra d'Or Prize for the best book of the year, and the Catalan Writers' Award, and he has been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award four times. He has also translated numerous authors into Catalan, including Truman Capote, J. D. Salinger, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Bush is an award-winning translator who lives in Barcelona. His translations include Juan Goytisolo's Njar Country, Teresa Solana's A Shortcut to Paradise, Alain Badiou's In Praise of Love, and Josep Pla's The Gray Notebook.
Today's best known writer in Catalan. He is also, no exaggeration, one of the world's great short-story writers. --The Independent A gifted writer, he draws well on the rich tradition of Spanish surrealism . . . to sustain the lyrical, visionary quality of his imagination. --New York Times Monz delivers drollery on nearly every page, in observations that are incisive and hilarious and horrifying, often all at once. --Publishers Weekly
