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Quim Monzó

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January 01, 1952 in Barcelona

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http://www.monzo.info

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Quim Monzó was born in Barcelona in 1952.
He has been awarded the National Award for fiction; the City of Barcelona Award for fiction; the Prudenci Bertrana Award for fiction; the El Temps Award for best novel; the Lletra d'Or Prize; the Catalan Writers' Award; the Maria Àngels Anglada; the Trajectòria; he has also been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award, four times.

In 2007 he wrote and read the opening speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Monzó designed a lecture written as if it was a short story. It differed completely from traditional speeches.
Together with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogues for Bigas Luna's movie Jamón, jamón. He has also written the musical satire El tango de Don Joan, with Jérôme Savary.
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Average rating: 3.70 · 296 ratings · 39 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Guadalajara by Quim Monzó (Author), Peter Bush (Translator) 382 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Mil Cretins 366 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	El Porqué de Las Cosas by Quim Monzo, Marcelo Cohen (Translator) 396 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Gasoline 348 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Olivetti, Moulinex, Chaffoteaux Et Maury by Quim Monzó, Quim MonzÃ³ 333 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Enormity of the Tragedy by Quim Monzó, Peter R. Bush (Translator), Quim Monzo 350 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Vuitanta-sis contes 396 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	El mejor de los mundos 395 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	-Uf, va dir ell 345 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1978	My rating:
	L'illa De Maians 386 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:

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