Jordi Galceran Ferrer (born in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, March 5, 1964) is a Catalan

Catalan people

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 playwright

Playwright

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, screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 and translator, known internationally for his play El mètode Grönholm (The Grönholm Method. 2003). He writes in Catalan

Catalan language

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 as well as Spanish

Spanish language

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.

Galceran studied Catalan Philology at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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 and started to write theatrical plays in 1988.

In 1995, with Paraules encadenades (Words in Chains) he won the 20th Born Theatre Award, and in 1996, the Critic's Award Serra d'Or for best work in the Catalan language. His play Dakota (1995) received the Ignasi Iglesias award.

Killing Words

Killing Words

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, a 2003 film directed by Laura Mañá

Laura Mañá

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, is based on Paraules encadenades. Fragile, directed by Jaume Balagueró

Jaume Balagueró

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, is also based on a script co-authored by Galceran, while The Method

The Method (2005 film)

El método is a 2005 Spanish, Argentine, and Italian thriller film based on the play El método Grönholm by Jordi Galcerán and directed by Marcelo Piñeyro....

, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro

Marcelo Piñeyro

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, is a film adaptation of The Grönholm Method.

Works

• 1994. Surf. Premiere at the Sala Villarroel in Barcelona.
• 1995. Paraules encadenades (Words in Chains)
• 1996. Dakota. Premiere at the Poliorama Theatre.
• 1998. Fuita (Escape). Premiere at the Josep Maria de Sagarra theatre in Santa Coloma de Gramanet; in Barcelona, at the Teatre Principal.
• 2002. Gaudí (a musical
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  ), in collaboration with Albert Guinovart
• 2003. El mètode Grönholm (The Grönholm method), premiere at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
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  ; later at the Poliorama.
• 2005. Carnaval. Premiere at the teatre Borràs in Barcelona.
• 2007. Cancun. Premiere at the teatre Borràs in Barcelona.

Adaptations

• 2009. The Inspector-General by Nikolay Gogol, premiere at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.

External links

• Radio interviews with Galceran (in Catalan
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  , .mp3)
• Detailed information on Garcelan (in Catalan, .doc)
• "...King of Black Comedy...", article by theatre critic Marcos Ordóñez in El País, July 26, 2008 (in Spanish
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  )