Francesc Trabal

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Francesc Trabal
Born
Francesc Trabal i Benessat

1899
Sabadell
Died1957
Chile
Other namesSenyor Banyeta
Occupationnovelist
Years active20th century
Notable work
Waltz

Francesc Trabal (Sabadell, 1899 - Santiago de Chile, 1957) was a Catalan novelist, journalist and humorist.[1]

He was one of the founders of the Colla de Sabadell (the Sabadell gang), where they started La Mirada publishing house. They promoted catalan culture, literature and humour using the newspaper El Diari de Sabadell as a platform. He was one of the founders of the El Club dels Novel·listes (Novelists Club), predecessor of today's Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. He went into exile in Chile during the Spanish Civil War, where he created continued promoting Catalan culture. He started a Chilean-Catalan Institute for Culture, along with different publishing initiatives.

Works[2][]

  • L'any que ve (1925)
  • L'home que es va perdre (1929). Translated to French by and to Spanish by Javier Cercas.[3]
  • Judita (1930). Translated to Spanish by Manuel Salvat (1941), Montserrat Planas & (1972); and to French by Montserrat Prudon (1994)
  • Quo vadis, Sànchez? with drawings by (1931)[4]
  • Era una dona com les altres (1932)
  • Hi ha homes que ploren perquè el sol es pon (1933)
  • Vals (1935), Translated to Spanish by Joan Oliver (1945) and to English by (2013)[5][6]
  • Temperatura (1947). Translated to Spanish by himself (1947)

References[]

  1. ^ "English". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (in Catalan). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. ^ "Translated Books of Francesc Trabal". www.visat.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. ^ Cercas, Javier (2014-01-27). "The art of losing". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. ^ Alarcon, Moisès Llopis i (2018). "Parodia y deporte en Quo Vadis, Sànchez?, de Francesc Trabal". Nueva Revista del Pacífico (69): 116–133. ISSN 0716-6346.
  5. ^ Munson, Sam (2013-11-01). "Book Review: 'Waltz' by Francesc Trabal". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  6. ^ Llull, Institut Ramon. "Francesc Trabal's WALTZ reviewed in the Wall Street Jou". www.llull.cat. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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