In this
Catalan name, the first or paternal
surname is Adell and the second or maternal family name is Pitarch; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
He has written on
literary theory,
cultural theory,
Catalan literature and
music, and is part of Hermeneia, a research project at the Open University of Catalonia, dedicated to the investigation of the relationships between new technologies and literary studies.
Poetry
La matèria del temps (1994)
Ocèa immobil (1995)
A curt termini (In the Short Term, 1997)
Un mateix cel (A similar sky, 2000)
Encara una olor, which won the Alfons el Magnànim prize, 2003)
La degradacio natural dels objectes (The natural degradation of objects, for which he won a prize at the
Jocs Florals literary competition in Barcelona in 2004).
Pistes falses (False Clues, 2006) for which he won the
Màrius Sampere prize
Essays
Notes per a una redefinicio dels estudis literaris catalans (Notes for a redefinition of Catalan literary studies), 1996, which won the Alambor prize)
Mètodes i ideologia en la historiografia de la literatura catalana (Methods and ideology in the historiography of Catalan literature), which won a prize from the Association for the Promotion of Catalan Culture in 1997
Musica i simulacre a l’era digital (Music and simulacra in the digital age, 1997)