Feliu Formosa Torres is a Catalan

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 dramatist, poet and translator.

He translated dramatic works by Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

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, Ernst Toller

Ernst Toller

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, Tankred Dorst

Tankred Dorst

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, Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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, Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

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, August Strindberg

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, Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard

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, Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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, Friedrich Schiller

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, Botho Strauss; poetry by Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl

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, Goethe and François Villon

François Villon

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; narrative by Thomas Mann

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, Hermann Hesse

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, Robert Musil

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, Heinrich Böll

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, Franz Kafka

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, Joseph Roth

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 or Heinrich von Kleist

Heinrich von Kleist

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; and essays by Lessing

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 and Peter Weiss

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During his career has received several awards, like Carles Riba Award of poetry for Llibre dels viatges (1972), the Crítica Serra d'Or Award of memories for El present vulnerable (1980), the Ciutat de Palma-Joan Alcover Award for Amb effecte (1986), the Lletra d'Or Award for Semblança (1987), the Honour Award of Lletres Catalanes (2005).

In 1914 was awarded with the Cross of Sant Jordi and in 2007 with the National Theatre Award, both by the Catalan Government

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Poetry

• 1973: Albes breus a les mans. Barcelona: Proa
• 1973: Llibre de les meditacions. Barcelona: Ed. 62
• 1975: Raval. Barcelona: Ed. 62
• 1976: Cançoner. Barcelona: Vosgos
• 1978: Llibre dels viatges. Barcelona: Proa
• 1980: Si tot és dintre. Barcelona: Grijalbo
• 1986: Semblança. Barcelona: El Mall
• 1987: Amb effecte (amb Joan Casas). Barcelona: Empúries
• 1989: Pols al retrovisor (amb Joan Casas). València: Eliseu Climent / 3i4
• 1991: La campana de vidre. Barcelona: Cafè Central
• 1992: Impasse. Barcelona: Eumo - Cafè Central
• 1992: Per Puck. Barcelona: Columna
• 1994: Al llarg de tota una impaciència. Barcelona: Ed. 62
• 2000: Immediacions. Barcelona: Ed. 62 - Empúries
• 2001: Cap claredat no dorm. Lleida: Pagès
• 2004: Darrere el vidre. Poesia 1972-2002. Barcelona: Ed. 62 - Empúries
• 2006: Centre de brevetat. Barcelona: Meteora

Theatre

• 1968: L'encens i la carn. Barcelona: Ed. 62
• 1970: Cel.la 44. Palma de Mallorca: Daedalus
• 1998: El miracle de la vaca cega. Lleida: Pagès

Autobiography

• 1979: El present vulnerable. Barcelona: Laia
• 2005: A contratemps. Catarroja: Perifèric
• 2005: El somriure de l'atzar: Diaris II. Catarroja: Perifèric

External links

• Info at Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana