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.