Vicenç Pagès Jordà (1963-2022) penned over a dozen works, taking in everything from short stories to essays and novels. He is the recipient to the National Catalan Culture and Arts Prize to his career as a writer.
Among his works, one should mention: his debut novel, El món d’Horaci (Empúries, 1996 – and a 20th anniversary edition, Proa, 2016), Carta a la reina d´Anglaterra (Empúries, 1997), En companyia de l’altre (Edicions 62, 1999, Documenta Prize), La felicitat no és completa (Edicions 62, 2004 – Sant Joan Award), the bestselling novel Els jugadors de Whist (Empúries, 2009 – Creixells Award), Dies de frontera (Proa, 2014 – Sant Jordi Prize), Robinson (Empúries, 2017), and the anthology of stories Exorcismes (Empúries, october 2018).
He also published a personal collective memoir: Memòria Vintage (Empúries, 2020), that starts in 1969 with The Man on the Moon and ends with Pulp Fiction’s 1994 release.
Kennedyana (Navona, 2022) is his emblematic portrait on the Kennedy family, published posthumously.
Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
Vicenç Pagès Jordà (1963-2022) penned over a dozen works, taking in everything from short stories to essays and novels. He is the recipient to the National Catalan Culture and Arts Prize to his career as a writer.
Among his works, one should mention: his debut novel, El món d’Horaci (Empúries, 1996 – and a 20th anniversary edition, Proa, 2016), Carta a la reina d´Anglaterra (Empúries, 1997), En companyia de l’altre (Edicions 62, 1999, Documenta Prize), La felicitat no és completa (Edicions 62, 2004 – Sant Joan Award), the bestselling novel Els jugadors de Whist (Empúries, 2009 – Creixells Award), Dies de frontera (Proa, 2014 – Sant Jordi Prize), Robinson (Empúries, 2017), and the anthology of stories Exorcismes (Empúries, october 2018).
He also published a personal collective memoir: Memòria Vintage (Empúries, 2020), that starts in 1969 with The Man on the Moon and ends with Pulp Fiction’s 1994 release.
Kennedyana (Navona, 2022) is his emblematic portrait on the Kennedy family, published posthumously.
Kennedyana
Kennedyana | Folch & Folch, 2022
Memòria Vintage
Vintage Memory | Empúries, 2020
Exorcismes
Exorcism | Empúries, 2018
Robinson
Robinson | Empúries, 2017
El món d’Horaci
Horatio’s World | Empúries, 1995; Proa, 2016
Dies de frontera
Frontier Days | Proa, 2014
La llentia viatgera
The Wandering Lentil | Estrella Polar, 2013
El llibre de l’any
Yearbook | Labutxaca, 2011
Els jugadors de Whist
The Whist Players | Empúries, 2009
De Robinson Crusoe a Peter Pan. Un canon de la literatura juvenil.
From Robinson Crusoe to Peter Pan. A Canon of YA Literature | Proa, 2006
El poeta i altres contes
The Poet and Other Stories | Proa, 2005
La felicitat no és completa
Happiness Is Never Complete | Ediciones 62, 2004
En companyia de l’altre
Keeping Each Other Company | Edicions 62, 1999
Un tramvia anomenat text
A Streetcar Named Text | Empúries, 1998
Carta a la reina d’Anglaterra
Letter To The Queen Of England | Empúries, 1997