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