Julià Guillamon is a Spanish

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-Catalan

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 writer

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 and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 in 1962.

Guillamon studied Catalan philology

Philology

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 at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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. Since 1994, he has been publishing weekly reviews in the newspaper La Vanguardia

La Vanguardia

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. His essays have dealt with the image of Barcelona in literature from the period between the 1970s and the 1992 Summer Olympic Games

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. He has been the curator of several literary exhibitions. One of his projects, The literature of exile, was staged in Barcelona, Buenos Aires

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, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City

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 and Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

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 in the Dominican Republic

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. He won the 2002 Serra d'Or Critics' Award for essays and the 2006 Octavi Pellissa Award.

Published books

• 1989 Joan Perucho i la literatura fantàstica ISBN 978-84-297-2886-6
• 1991 La fàbrica de fred ISBN 978-84-7596-325-9
• 2001 La ciutat interrompuda. De la contracultura a la Barcelona postolímpica ISBN 84-8264-332-0
• 2008 Uh, Gabirú ISBN 978-84-9787-319-2
• 2008 El dia revolt. Literatura catalana de l'exili. City of Barcelona Prize for essays 2008. Lletra d'Or Prize 2009. ISBN 978-84-9787-340-6
• 2009 Monzó: Com triomfar a la vida ISBN 978-84-8109-847-1
• 2011 La Mòravia ISBN 13: 978-84-8109-930-0

External links

On the exhibition The literature of exile Page dedicated to El dia revolt, Cercle de Lectors Vol a Caracas amb Julià Guillamon, interview by Montse Serra on Vilaweb Search for articles by Julià Guillamon in La Vanguardia Review of the novel La Moràvia Barcelona Metropolis

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2011.