Sergi Pàmies (ˈsɛrʒi ˈpamiəs) (born in 1960 in Paris

Paris

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) is a Spanish

Spain

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 Catalan

Catalan language

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 writer, translator, journalist and television

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 and radio

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 presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa Pàmies and the former general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

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, Gregorio López Raimundo. In his works he employs humor and parody mixing them with themes of failure and desperation. He translated works by Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire

Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki, known as Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother....

, Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Jean-Philippe Toussaint

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, Agota Kristof

Agota Kristof

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 and Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac

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. He received several awards for his literary works.

Collections of stories

• T'hauria de caure la cara de vergonya, 1986 (You Would Have to Drop the Face in Shame)
• Infecció, 1987 (Infection)
• La gran novel·la sobre Barcelona (The Great Novel About Barcelona; Crítica Serra d'Or award)
• L'últim llibre de Sergi Pàmies, 2000 (The Last Book by Sergi Pàmies)
• Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes, 2006 (If You Eat a Lemon Without Making Grimaces; City of Barcelona award, Lletra d'Or award)
• La bicicleta estàtica, 2010

Novels

• La primera pedra, 1990 (The First Stone; Ícaro award)
• L'instint, 1993 (The Instinct; Prudenci Bertrana Prize
  Prudenci Bertrana Prize
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  )
• Sentimental, 1995 (Sentimental)

External links

• Sergi Pàmies at the AELC (The Association of Catalan Language Writers), webpage in Catalan, English and Spanish.
• Sergi Pàmies in LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia)
• Biography, critical articles and interviews at "Ciutat de Barcelona - Corpus Literari"