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Born into a peasant family, at age eight Juan moved with his parents to
Amposta, and at twelve and worked in an office. In 1927 he went to
Barcelona, where he began his writing career as a journalist for La Vanguardia and ABC, as well as on various editorials.
Career
In 1931, Juan published his first novel, L'inútil combat ("The Useless Battle").
In 1932, he published Terres de l'Ebre ("Lands of the Ebro"), his best known work, a novel that describes the situation of the peasants of the
Ebro delta, forgotten and humble, working in a hard and thankless land, subject to deadly misfortunes. The novel transforms their personal and community experiences into fiction. In 1933, he published Notes d'un estudiant que va morir boig ("Notes From a Student That Went Insane"), followed by Camins de nit ("Night Roads") in 1935.
After the
Civil War he stopped publishing until, in 1947, he released Tino Costa, with versions in
Catalan and
Spanish. In 1946, he had, however, published a biography: Cervantes.
From 1948, he wrote works in Spanish such as Sobre las piedras grises ("Under the Grey Stones", 1948) which won the
Nadal Prize for novels, and especially Martin Masks (1959). In his later years he returned to publishing in
Catalan: Narracions d'Delta ("Narrations from the Delta", 1965), L'espera ("Hope", 1948) and La Masia ("The Country House", 1975).
Juan died on 2 January 1984 of a heart attack.[citation needed]
Notes d'un estudiant que va morir boig, 1933. (Work was rewritten with the title Hores en blanc. It was published in Spanish with the title The black hour in 1955). – Notes of a student who died insane
Camins de nit. Badalona: Proa, 1935 (Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1987). – Roads at night
Hores en blanc. Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1935 (Barcelona: Laia, 1983; Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1991). – Hours in white
La ciutat maleïda. Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1935. – Lands of the Ebro
Terres de l'Ebre. Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1936 (Barcelona: Selecta, 1955; Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1980). (Work translated into Italian, French, German and Dutch)
Tino Costa. Barcelona: Àncora, 1947.
Sobre las piedras grises. Barcelona: Destino, 1949; Barcelona: Destino, 1973 (5ª ed). – On Gray Stones
Verdaguer: el poeta, el sacerdot i el món. Barcelona: Aedos, 1952. – Verdaguer: poet, priest and the world
Martín de Caretas. 1955-1959 – Martin of Caretas
Los hombres de la tierra y el mar. Barcelona: Llibreria Editorial Argos, 1961. (1965 ??) – Men of the land and sea
L'hora negra seguit de Divertiments: la nit de Sant Joan. Barcelona: Selecta, 1961. – The time followed by black entertainments: the night of San Juan
Narracions del Delta. Barcelona: Selecta, 1965 – Stories of the Delta
Obra catalana completa, I. Novel.les de l'Ebre. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1966. – Complete Catalan Works 1 Novels of the Ebro
L'espera. Barcelona: Club Editor, 1968 (1965?) – The waiting
Obras selectas. Barcelona: AHR, 1973 – Select works
La Masia. Barcelona: Selecta, 1975 (Barcelona: Orbis, 1984) – The Farmhouse
La tempestad. Espluguas de Llobregat: Plaza & Janés, 1978. – The Tempest
El segundo del Apocalipsis. Espluguas de Llobregat: Plaza & Janés, 1981 – The second of the Apocalypse
Memorias: los hombres de la ciudad. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 1982. – Memories: Men of the city
Obra catalana completa (edited by Emili Rosales). Barcelona: Columna, 1992–1993 (3 volumes). – Catalan complete work
Viatge a l'Ebre. Barcelona: Columna-Tresmall, 1997. – Journey to the Ebro
Theatre
La ciutat maleïda. Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1935 – The damn city
Despertar. 1936 – Awakening
Nausica. Barcelona: La Rosa dels Vents, 1937.
Biographies
La vida trágica de Mosèn Jacinto Verdaguer. 1951 Barcelona: Planeta/Aedos, 1970 – The tragic life of Mosen Jacinto Verdaguer
Pío Baroja y su tiempo. Barcelona: Planeta, 1969. – Pio Baroja and his time
Cervantes (hombre y época). Barcelona: 1948; Barcelona: Planeta, 1971. – Cervantes (Man and era)
Awards
Fastenrath, Floral Games of Barcelona 1934. For the work Terres de l'Ebre.
Novelistas Award, Municipality of Barcelona, 1936. For the work Camins de nit.
Nadal Prize, 1948. For the work Sobre las piedras grises.