Occupation writer, novelist Role Writer Name Terenci Moix | Nationality Spanish Language Spanish, Catalan | |
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Born January 5, 1942
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ( 1942-01-05 ) Died April 2, 2003, Barcelona, Spain Books Venus Bonaparte, Hollywood stories II, Siro o la increada consciencia de la raca Awards Premio Planeta de Novela, Girona Literary Award: Prudenci Bertrana Prize Similar People Ana Maria Moix, Maruja Torres, Montserrat Roig | ||
Terenci Moix, "El arpista ciego" (2002)
Terenci Moix ([təˈɾɛnsi ˈmoʃ]; real name Ramon Moix i Meseguer) (5 January 1942, in Barcelona – 2 April 2003, in Barcelona) was a Spanish writer, who wrote in Spanish, and in Catalan. He is also the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix.
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Life and work
He had a self-taught education. His first work, "La torre de los vicios capitals", was published in 1968. Many of his early works criticised the values of his time, especially the official morality of Francoism. In 1990, he wrote and published a children's book called, Los Grandes Mitos del Cine (English version as "The Greatest Stories of Hollywood Cinema"), which is illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Círculo de Lectores. This children's book includes fun facts, trivia, and information accompanied by photos and Willi Glasauer's illustrations of the classic Hollywood films and stars such as Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Cleopatra, and Tarzan the Ape Man.
Other works explored camp aesthetics, an element of his work studied by Timothy M. McGovern. He wrote in several newspapers: Tele-Exprés, Tele-Estel, El Correo Catalán, Destino, Nuevos Fotogramas, Serra d'Or, and El País. He was openly homosexual, and participated many TV gatherings. He died of lung emphysema, which is related to his use of tobacco.
An annual literature prize, bearing his name, the Terenci Moix Fundación Arena de Narrativa Gay y Lésbica, has been instituted; won most recently by the Anglo-Spanish novelist Rafael Peñas Cruz for his coming-of-age work, "Charlie".
Novels
