SPANISH & CATALAN LANGUAGE AUTHORS
- Jordi AMOR*
- Ramón ANDRÉS
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Xavi AYÉN
- Joni b*
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Max BESORA
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Nicolás CABRAL*
- Leonardo CANO
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Diamela ELTIT*
- Marina ESPASA*
- Jordi ESTEVA
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Mireia FONT
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Diego GÁNDARA
- Antonio GARCÍA ÁNGEL
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- David B. GIL
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Maria GUASCH*
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Miguel Ángel HERNÁNDEZ
- Yuri HERRERA*
- Rita INDIANA*
- JAVIRROYO
- María Virginia JAUA*
- Sebastià JOVANI
- Alicia KOPF*
- Stefanie KREMSER
- Carlos LABBÉ*
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- MACO*
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Miguel MENA
- Ana MERINO
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Carlos ORTEGA VILAS
- Miqui OTERO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Carlos PARDO*
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Gerardo PIÑA*
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Isma PRADOS
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Valentín ROMA*
- Félix ROMEO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Toni SALA*
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Aránzazu SERRANO LORENZO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Fernando TRUEBA
- Vicente VALERO*
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI
Joan BARRIL
Barcelona, febrero 1952 - diciembre 2014
Joan Barril combined his journalistic output and his literary writing. As a journalist, he was chief editor of the weekly newspaper El Món and contributed to El País, La Vanguardia and El Periódico, where he penned a daily opinion piece and published a weekly story. He also presented the daily current affairs radio show El cafè de la República.
On TV, he directed the program L'illa del tresor together with Joan Ollé, as well as fronting a book show called Qwerty.
His literary output includes such gems as Un submarí a les estovalles (La Campana,1988; Pere Quart Prize for Humour and Satire Works), Parada obligatòria (Planeta, 1998; Ramon Llull Fiction Prize), Tots els ports es diuen Helena (Empúries, 1998; Ramon Muntaner YA Fiction Prize; Crítica Serra d'Or Prize for YA and Children’s Fiction), Certes Mentides (Columna, 2002; 23 d'Abril Prize), Ja ens trucarem i altres contes del diumenge (Ediciones B, 2003), 100 contes morals (Ara, 2007), 201 contes corrents (Ara, 2009), Les terres promeses (Edicions 62, 2010; Sant Joan Prize) and El caçador d'ombres (Edicions 62, 2012).
His widely acclaimed opinion pieces were gathered together in the quartet of volumes Sobre l'amor (2007), Sobre la distància (2008), Sobre els plaers (2009), and Sobre la felicitat (2013), published by Edicions 62.
Joan Barril passed away on 13 December 2014, aged 62, shortly after delivering his latest novel, La dona immòbil, released posthumously by Edicions 62 in February 2015.
- Sobre la felicitat
- El caçador d'ombres
- Les terres promeses
- Sobre els plaers
- 201 contes corrents
- L'espai immens. Quaderns de Namíbia
- Sobre la distància. Catalunya-Espanya
- La dona immòbil
- 100 Contes morals
- Sobre l’amor
- Ja ens trucarem i altres contes del diumenge
- Certes mentides
- Gairebé una parella
- Tots els ports es diuen Helena
- Parada obligatòria
- Condició de pare