About Joan Perucho
Lived 1920 – 2003 (aged 82). Joan Perucho was a Spanish writer, poet, jurist, art critic, restaurateur and judge.
Joan Perucho Gutiérrez (Barcelona, 7 November 1920 – Barcelona, 28 October 2003) was a Spanish novelist, poet and art critic, an activity that alternated with his profession as a judge. His work, written in Catalan and Spanish mix with other traditional elements of avant-garde and science fiction that endow great originality. Natural Stories is his best known work.
He is one of the most prominent figures in fantasy literature on the Iberian Peninsula, where he introduced H.P. Lovecraft. His best-known book, Les històries naturals (1960), is a hilarious vampire story. Published in English as Natural History in 1992 and later translated into a handful of other languages, and was included by Harold Bloom in The Western Canon.
Beyond the literary work, Perucho created a fascinating character: erudite (but fond of mixing inventions with historical information), very ironic, passionate and exuberant. Judge by profession, he exercised his profession in small towns, to be able to work on books and articles. This took him from Barcelona to La Granadella, Banyoles, Móra d’Ebre, Gandesa and Tortosa. He wrote about the landscapes of the south, about Mediterranean Catalonia and about the Spain of the Visigothic period and the Cortes of Cádiz. Perucho's work is an invitation to pleasure, fun and reading.
As for his poetic work, written entirely in Catalan, Perucho approached symbolist poetry, which he mixed with surrealist influences.
Awards In recognition of his work, Joan Perucho was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi (1991), the Premi Nacional de Cultura (1995), the Rosalía de Castro Award (1996), the Medal of Artistic Merit of Barcelona City Council (2001), the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas (2002) and the National Prize of the Spanish Association of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2002).
Works
Narrative 1953: Diana i la mar morta 1956: Amb la tècnica de Lovecraft 1957: Llibre de cavalleries 1960: Les històries naturals 1963: Galería de espejos sin fondo 1965: Roses, diables i somriures 1968: Nicéforas y el grifo 1968: Aparicions i fantasmes 1969: Botànica oculta o el fals Paracels 1972: Historias secretas de balnearios 1974: Històries apòcrifes 1975: Els balnearis 1976: Monstruari fantàstic 1981: Les aventures del cavaller Kosmas 1981: Museu d'ombres 1981: Petit museu de monstres marins 1981: Gàbia per a petits animals feliços. (Quaderns Crema) 1982: Discurs de l'Aquitània i altres refinades perversitats. (Quaderns Crema) 1983: Incredulitats i devocions 1983: Pamela 1984: Les delicies de l'oci 1984: Los laberintos bizantinos o un viaje con espectros 1984: Un viatge amb espectres. (Quaderns Crema) 1985: Dietario apócrifo de Octavio de Romeu 1986: La guerra de la Cotxinxina 1986: Roses, diables i somriures 1987: Minuta de mostruos 1988: Los misterios de Barcelona 1989: Els emperadors d'Abissínia 1990: Detrás del espejo 1990: El basilisc 1990: Algú a la nit respira 1990: Els fantasmes de la calaixera 1994: El baró de Maldà i les bèsties de l'infern 1995: Las sombras del mundo 1996: Fabulaciones 1997: Obres completes 1985–1997 2001: Carmina o la gnosi angélica 2001: Història d'un retrat 2001: La darrera mirada
Poetry 1947: Sota la sang 1951: Aurora per vosaltres 1953: El mèdium 1956: El país de les meravelles 1970: Antología poética 1978: Poesia 1947–1973 1982: Poesía 1947–1981 (bilingüe) 1983: Quadern d'Albinyana. (Quaderns Crema) 1984: Obra poética completa 1985: Itineraris d'Orient 1986: Els miralls 1987: La medusa 1988: El duque de Portland sale a la calle 1989: Cendres i diamants 1993: Inscripcions, làpides, esteles 1994: Els dies de la Sicília i la Germànica 1995: Un silencio olvidado: poesía (1943–1947). (Quaderns Crema) 1995: Versos d'una tardor 1997: El far 1998: La mirada d'Antinea 2000: Els morts
Essay 1968: Miró, les essències de la terra 1985: Teoria de Catalunya 1986: Una semàntica visual 1990: Monstres i erudicions 1991: Cultura i imatge 1993: La gespa contra el cel, notes de viatge 1994: Picasso, el cubisme i Horta de Sant Joan 1998: Els secrets de Circe 1998: Estética del gusto 1998: La meva visió del món, 2 volums 1999: Gastronomia i cultura 1999: La porta de la identitat
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Who was Joan Perucho?
Catalan Spanish writer and poet (1920–2003)
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Joan Perucho was born on 7 November 1920 in Barcelona.
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Joan Perucho died on 28 October 2003 in Barcelona.
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Joan Perucho was a writer, poet, jurist, art critic, restaurateur and judge.
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Joan Perucho was Spanish.
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