:Jordi Puntí
{{Short description|Catalan writer}}
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| birth_place = Manlleu, Barcelona
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| language = Catalan
| nationality = Spanish
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| education = Romance Philology
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| genre = Novel
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| notableworks = Maletes perdudes
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| awards = Premi de la Crítica Serra d'Or 1988, Premi de la Crítica de narrativa catalana 2010, Premi Llibreter de narrativa 2010, Premi Lletra d'Or 2010, Premi Joaquim Amat-Piniella 2011, Premi Sant Jordi 2023
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Jordi Puntí i Garriga (born 1967 in Manlleu, Barcelona){{cite journal |url= http://www.lletra.net/en/author/jordi-punti |title=Jordi Puntí or Daring |last1= Galves|first1= Jordi |date=2006 |website=LletrA Project |publisher=Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |access-date= 10 September 2016}} is a Catalan language writer, columnist, and translator.
Career
Puntí earned a degree in Romance Philology during the year 1991, and has since worked for various publishers (Edicions 62, Quaderns Crema, Columna Edicions) across various media (El País, El Periódico de Catalunya){{cite web|url=http://traces.uab.cat/search?ln=ca&sc=1&p=Punt%C3%AD%2C+Jordi&f=author|title=Jordi Punti at Traces - Search Result|author=Staff|date=10 September 2016|website=Autonomous University of Barcelona|publisher=Autonomous University of Barcelona|access-date=10 September 2016}}
His career as an author began with the publication of two books of short stories: Pell d'Armadillo (1988, winner of the Premi de la Crítica Serra d'Or), and Animals tristos (2002). Previously, he had translated the works of other authors, including Paul Auster, Daniel Pennac, and Amélie Nothomb. In 2006, Puntí served as editor of Quadern, a literary supplement published by the newspaper El País.
In 2010, Puntí published Maletes perdudes, which received several awards (Crítica de la narrativa catalana, Lletra d'Or, Premi Llibreter) and has been translated to 16 languages. In 2011, he published Els Castellans, a volume that includes articles previously published in the Catalan magazine L'Avenç.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
In 2006, Ventura Pons directed the film Wounded Animals, adapted from Puntí's book Animals tristos (Sad Animals).[http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/04/25/pagina-25/46412306/pdf.html "Buscando en la literatura"], lavanguardia.com; accessed 19 December 2016. In 2014, Puntí received a scholarship from the Cullman Center for writers. The scholarship enabled him to spend one year completing research at the New York Public Library, in preparation for a novel based on the figure of Xavier Cugat.{{Cite web|url=http://premsa.gencat.cat/pres_fsvp/docs/2016/03/30/11/20/d1e718aa-2b83-455e-a3d6-319b7de7be93.pdf|title = Warsaw Bookshop Fair|date=30 March 2016|website=Generalitat de Catalunya}}
In 2023, Puntí won the Sant Jordi novel Prize with the novel Confeti.{{Cite web |last=Agencias |date=2023-12-13 |title=Jordi Puntí gana el 64 premio Sant Jordi de novela con ‘Confeti’ |url=https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2023-12-13/jordi-punti-gana-el-64-premio-sant-jordi-de-novela-con-confeti.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=El País |language=es}}
Published work
=Original works =
- Pell d'armadillo, (Barcelona: La Magrana), 1988. {{ISBN|84-8256-565-6}}
- Animals tristos, (Barcelona: Empúries), 2002. {{ISBN|84-7596-959-3}}
- Maletes perdudes, Barcelona: Empúries, 2010. {{ISBN|978-84-9787-616-2}}, translated into English by Julie Wark as Lost Luggage, Short Books, 2014. {{ISBN|978-17-8072-213-9}}
- Els Castellans, (Barcelona : L'Avenç), 2011. {{ISBN|978-84-8883-952-7}}
- Això no és Amèrica (Barcelona: Empúries), 2017 {{ISBN|978-84-1701-617-3}}, translated by Julie Wark as This Is Not America, Atria Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-9821-0471-9}}
- Tot Messi: Exercicis d'estil (Barcelona: Empúries), 2018. {{ISBN|978-84-1701-651-7}}, translated by Peter Bush as Messi: Lessons in Style, Short Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-7807-2373-0}}
- Tot Messi i més (Barcelona: Empúries), 2023. {{ISBN|978-84-1883-396-0}}
= Translations =
- Daniel Pennac, Senyors nens. Barcelona : Empúries, 1998.
- Amélie Nothomb, Higiene de l'assassí. Barcelona : Columna, 1998.
- Paul Auster, Lulu on the bridge. Barcelona : Edicions 62, 1998.
- Paul Auster, Història de la meva màquina d'escriure. Barcelona : Edicions 62, 2002.
References
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External links
- {{Lletra|URL_name=jordi-punti|title=Jordi Punti}}
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Category:Novelists from Catalonia
Category:21st-century novelists
Category:Catalan-language writers
Category:Translators from Catalonia
Category:English–Catalan translators