Jordi Puntí


Jordi Puntí i Garriga is a Catalan language writer, columnist, and translator.

Career

Puntí earned a degree in Romance Philology during the year 1991, and has since worked for various publishers across various media
His career as an author began with the publication of two books of short stories: Pell d'Armadillo, and Animals tristos. Previously, he had translated the works of other authors, including Paul Auster, Daniel Pennac, and Amélie Nothomb. In 2006, Puntí served as editor of Quadern, a literary supplement published by the newspaper El País.
In 2010, Puntí published Maletes perdudes, which received several awards and has been translated to 16 languages. In 2011, he published Els Castellans, a volume that includes articles previously published in the Catalan magazine L'Avenç.
In 2006, Ventura Pons directed the film Wounded Animals, adapted from Puntí's book Animals tristos. In 2014, Puntí received a scholarship from the Cullman Center for writers. The scholarship enabled him to spend one year completing research at the New York Public Library, in preparation for a novel based on the figure of Xavier Cugat.
In 2023, Puntí won the Sant Jordi novel Prize with the novel Confeti.

Published work

Original works

Pell d'armadillo,, 1988. Animals tristos,, 2002. Maletes perdudes, Barcelona: Empúries, 2010., translated into English by Julie Wark as Lost Luggage, Short Books, 2014. Els Castellans,, 2011. Això no és Amèrica, 2017, translated by Julie Wark as This Is Not America, Atria Books, 2019. Tot Messi: Exercicis d'estil, 2018., translated by Peter Bush as Messi: Lessons in Style, Short Books, 2019. Tot Messi i més, 2023.

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