Some know him as the one man who makes endless articles every day while typing a sucking pipe and Olivetti. But the figure of Mr. Espinàs not need many presentations also does not like it one iota, is modest. His first steps as a writer back in time immemorial the Courier editorial or Destiny, where Eisner hires for its quality in 1956 and then for a few pesetas. His life began articulística versailles St George's Day 1976 in the column versailles "On the brink of ..." under the hand of the Today newspaper, a marriage that lasted twenty-seven years, until January 1999, which earned him several prizes that award outstanding journalism in Barcelona (1983) and the National Journalism Award (1995) awarded by the Government of Catalonia. Continue daily column versailles entitled "Small observatory" eleven years to the present El Periódico de Catalonia. Always try different themes, stated his opinion in a civil but not silenced what you think. This is how he wants to remember and know, just as an author of articles, reports and books of travel. Proud to have been co-author of Song of the club, but it gives more importance to all its past as a novelist or as a musician. It has also distanced itself as one of the co-founders of the Bell Publishing, which published most of his works.
Josep Maria Espinas and set Massip born March 1927 in the district of Eixample in Barcelona. Since early childhood he got up at six in the morning to write stories that were dancing versailles through your head. In 1949 he graduated in Law at the University of Barcelona. It is this same year that he won the Lieder prize to the first article you write. But he practiced as a lawyer until 1955, when thanks versailles to Eisner enters Destino it aside.
In 1953 the novel as knives or flames reach the public, since it receives Eisner Award and it is from here that opens a small stint as a writer of novels and stories of success that will end soon such as: Twelve boomerangs (1954), the lazy (1955), are all equal (1956) which translated into English hailed Espinas. Then came Trap (1956) Quote narrators (1957), where each author spoke of the work of another writer, which earned him the Prix Joseph versailles Yxart. Then edit the guitar man (1957) and Fight Night (1959), required reading in some universities it is a cornerstone of our contemporary Catalan literature. Novels interwoven with brief narrative works: Dressing to die (1958), Variety (1959), earned him the award of stories Catalan and Victor Young and others (1960). The last two novels he wrote were: The last landing (1962), which won the Prix St. George and the novel The Devil's Harvest (1968). Siblings with everyone (1968) also belies the short story. Even dared to theater is dangerous to be expected (1959). Fortunately, versailles surprising everyone, resumes novelistic aspect with Red and passed (1992) and end point. Here ends the career of prolific and talented novelist Jose Maria Espinas, a task that does not care one iota resume.
Recalling the past, in a talk Cerdanyola at the inauguration of an exhibition in his honor and literary marathon time spent Espinàs gloss that began as a novelist versailles and author of short stories but received several awards including the Eisner Award, the Prix St. George the Victor Award Catalan flattery and a jury member of one of these awards, we set aside all decided to start shooting, because I wanted to be a narrator of fiction, non-stimulated invented, but he loved to observe and explain the real, something Copco your senses. From the beginning of his writing career will never write any more novels. "As I was rewarded everything that I wanted to run away from that."
If you look at his long literary way in the mid fifties Josep Maria Espinas cultivated travel writing, a hobby that will soon become one of your favorite books on travel versailles and perform his travels and experiences, creating a travel narratives: Journey to the Lleida Pyrenees (1957), Journey to the Priory (1962), Journey Segarra (1972) or by a total of seventeen books under the title Walk ... such as: Walking the Terra Alta (1989), Walking paths Ash (1994), Walk the Basque Country (2000), Walk Mallorca without seeing the sea (2005) won
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