Josep Maria Castellet
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Josep Maria Castellet

Spanish writer and poet (1926–2014)

Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío (15 December 1926 – 9 January 2014), also known as José María Castellet, was a Spanish Catalan writer, poet, literacy critic, publisher and editor.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Josep Maria Castellet (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 15, 1926, died Jan 9, 2014.1

About

Born in Barcelona, he began his career in writing in 1955, and wrote novels and poetry in both Catalan and Spanish. His final novel was published in 2012.

He played an outstanding role in the Spanish and Catalan culture life of the second half of the 20th century. He was the chief editor of the publishing house Edicions 62 (1964–1996) and afterwards president of the Grup 62. He was the founder and first president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Catalan writers association), a board member of the Comunità europea degli scrittori, the Prix international de Littérature jury and the dean of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (Institution of Catalan letters).

Josep Maria Castellet died on 9 January 2014, aged 87, in his hometown of Barcelona.

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Companies

Career

Occupation: poet, businessperson, writer, literary critic, editor, publisher, art critic.7

  • Until 2014Chair, Grup 626
  • 2006 to 2010Dean of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes3 4
  • 1999 to 2014President, Grup 623 5
  • 1978 to 1983President of Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana3 4

1955. Notas sobre literatura española contemporánea (Notes on contemporary Spanish literature), Laye, Barcelona.

1957. La hora del lector (The reader's hour), Seix Barral, Barcelona (Italian translation: Einaudi, Torino, 1957).

1958. La evolución espiritual de E. Hemingway (The spiritual evolution of E. Hemingway), Taurus, Madrid.

1960. Veinte años de poesía española (Twenty years of Spanish poetry), Seix Barral, Barcelona, 2d ed., 1969; 3d ed., 1962. (Italian translation: Feltrinelli, Torino, 1962). Further editions under the title: Un cuarto de siglo de poesía española (A Quarter of a Century of Spanish Poetry), Seix Barral, Barcelona, 1966, 1969, 1973.

1963. Poesia catalana del segle XX (20th century Catalan poetry), Edicions 62, Barcelona, 5th ed., 1980. (Together with Joaquim Molas).

1965. Poesia, realisme, història (Poetry, realism, history), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

1969. Lectura de Marcuse (Reading Marcuse), Edicions 62, Barcelona. (Originally published in Catalan. Spanish version: Seix Barral, Barcelona, Reprinted 1971).

1969. Ocho siglos de poesia catalana (Eight centuries of Catalan poetry), Alianza Editorial, Madrid. (Bilingual anthology, together with J. Molas) Reedited 1976.

1970. Nueve novísimos poetas españoles (Nine brand-new Spanish poets), Barral Editores, Barcelona. (Italian translation: Einaudi, Torino, 1976).

1971. Iniciación a la poesía de Salvador Espriu (Introduction to Salvador Espriu's poetry), Taurus Ediciones, Madrid, Taurus essay prize 1970. (Catalan edition: Edicions 62, Barcelona. Reedited: 1978, 1984).

1975. Qüestions de literatura, política i societat (Questions of literature, politics and society), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

1976. Literatura, ideología y política (Literature, ideology and politics), Anagrama, Barcelona.

1977. Maria Girona. Una pintura en llibertat (Maria Girona. Painting in liberty), Edicions 62, Barcelona. (Together with Anna Maria Moix).

1978. Josep Pla o la raó narrativa (Josep Pla or narrative reason), Edicions Destino, Barcelona. Josep Pla prize, 1978. (Spanish translation: Ediciones Península, Barcelona, 1982).

1979. Antologia general de la poesia catalana (General anthology of Catalan poetry), Edicions 62, Barcelona. (Together with J. Molas).

1983. Per un debat sobre la cultura a Catalunya (For a debate on culture in Catalonia), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

1984. Generation von 27. Gedichte (The generation of 27. Poems), Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. (Together with Pere Gimferrer).

1985. La cultura y las culturas (Culture and the cultures), Argos Vergara, Barcelona.

1987. L'hora del lector. Seguit de Poesia, realisme, història (The reader's hour. Followed by Poetry, realism and history), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

1987. Memòries poc formals d'un editor literari, extret del llibre 'Edicions 62. Vint-i-cinc anys (1962–1987) (Informal memories of a literary editor, taken from the book 'Edicions 62, 25 years (1962–1987)), Edicions 62, Barcelona. Edició novenal.

1988. Els escenaris de la memòria (Memory's stages). Edicions 62, Barcelona. Reedited, 1995, 2009.

1988. Los escenarios de la memoria (Memory's stages, in Spanish), Anagrama, Barcelona.

2001. La hora del lector (The reader's hour). (Critical edition by Laureano Bonet), Ediciones Península, Barcelona.

2001. Nueve novísimos. Amb un “Apéndice documental” (Nine brand-new. With a documentary appendix), Ediciones Península, Barcelona, 2001. New, corrected edition, with a “sentimental appendix”, Ediciones Península, Barcelona, 2006.

2005. Vuit segles de poesia catalana (Eight centuries of Catalan poetry), Edicions 62, Barcelona. (Together with J. Molas).

2007. Dietari de 1973 (1973 Diary), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

2009. Seductors, il·lustrats i visionaris (Seducers, enlightened and visionaries). Edicions 62, Barcelona.

2010. Seductores, ilustrados y visionarios (Seducers, enlightened and visionaries, in Spanish), Anagrama, Barcelona.

2012. Memòries confidencials d'un editor. Tres escriptors amics (Confidential memories of a publisher. Three befriended writers), Edicions 62, Barcelona.

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Personal life

  • BornDec 15, 1926, Barcelona8
  • DiedJan 9, 2014, Barcelona9
  • CitizenshipSpain10

Awards

  • 2010Spanish Literature National Prize11
  • 2004premi Trajectòria11 13
  • 2003Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia11
  • 1993Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts11
  • 1989Gold Letter11
  • 1989Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and Essays11
  • 1987Joanot Martorell Prize11
  • 1983Saint George's Cross11 12
  • 1977Premi Josep Pla de narrativa11

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