Pere Gimferrer
Writer, essayist and translator.
His poetry includes Arde el mar (1966), La muerte en Beverly Hills (1968), El espacio desierto (L'espai desert, 1977), El vendaval (1988; bilingual edition, 1989), La luz (La llum, 1991) and Mascarada (1996; bilingual edition, 1998). His prose includes Dietario (Seix Barral) (Dietari, 1981-1982), the novel Fortuny (Planeta, 1983, Ramon Llull Prize), El agente provocador (L'agent provocador, 1998) and La calle de la Guardia Prusiana (Bronce, 2001). Some of his main essays are La poesia de J. V. Foix (1974); Max Ernst o la disolución de la identidad (Max Ernst o la dissolució de la identitat, 1977); Radicalidades (1978); Lecturas de Octavio Paz (1980); Los raros (1985); Cine y literatura (Planeta, 1985; Seix Barral, 1999) and Les arrels de Miró (The Roots of Miró, 1993). His body of work has been awarded various prizes.
In 1985, he became a member of the Spanish Royal Academy.