Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
Vicenç Pagès Jordà (1963-2022) penned over a dozen works, taking in everything from short stories to essays and novels. He is the recipient to the National Catalan Culture and Arts Prize to his career as a writer.
Among his works, one should mention: his debut novel, El món d’Horaci (Empúries, 1996 – and a 20th anniversary edition, Proa, 2016), Carta a la reina d´Anglaterra (Empúries, 1997), En companyia de l'altre (Edicions 62, 1999, Documenta Prize), La felicitat no és completa (Edicions 62, 2004 – Sant Joan Award), the bestselling novel Els jugadors de Whist (Empúries, 2009 – Creixells Award), Dies de frontera (Proa, 2014 - Sant Jordi Prize), Robinson (Empúries, 2017), and the anthology of stories Exorcismes (Empúries, october 2018).
He also published a personal collective memoir: Memòria Vintage (Empúries, 2020), that starts in 1969 with The Man on the Moon and ends with Pulp Fiction’s 1994 release.
Kennedyana (Navona, 2022) is his emblematic portrait on the Kennedy family, published posthumously.
Kennedyana | Folch & Folch, 2022
Vintage Memory | Empúries, 2020
Exorcism | Empúries, 2018
Robinson | Empúries, 2017
Horatio’s World | Empúries, 1995; Proa, 2016
Frontier Days | Proa, 2014
The Wandering Lentil | Estrella Polar, 2013
Yearbook | Labutxaca, 2011
The Whist Players | Empúries, 2009
From Robinson Crusoe to Peter Pan. A Canon of YA Literature | Proa, 2006
The Poet and Other Stories | Proa, 2005
Happiness Is Never Complete | Ediciones 62, 2004
Keeping Each Other Company | Edicions 62, 1999
A Streetcar Named Text | Empúries, 1998
Letter To The Queen Of England | Empúries, 1997