José Carlos Llop
José Carlos Llop | |
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Born | 1956 (age 64–65) Palma de Majorca |
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Poetry and plays to essays and novels |
Notable works | Solstice |
Notable awards | Prix Laure Bataillon |
José Carlos Llop[1] (born 1956) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Palma de Majorca. He lives and works in Palma, where he runs the library.
A prolific writer, he has published more than thirty books, spanning a range of genres from poetry and plays to essays and novels. His work has been translated extensively into French, principally by . Llop is one of the leading Spanish diarists of his generation, and has published five volumes of journals so far. As a translator, Llop has translated the works of Derek Walcott and among others. He has won a number of literary prizes, for example, his novel Solstice (2016) won the prix Laure Bataillon in 2017 for both author and translator.
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- Spanish writers
- 1956 births
- Living people