Joan Carreras i Goicoechea

The recorded working language is Spanish, Dutch and Catalan. The field of work recorded is prose and television screenwriting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Barcelona. Distinctions recorded are City of Barcelona Award and Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la.

• Name — Joan Carreras i Goicoechea • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Barcelona • Occupation — Writer and journalist • Language — Catalan • Notable Works — Cafè Barcelona • Website — janquim.cat/

Son of Joan Carreras i Martí, he is associated lecturer in the Faculty of Communication at Blanquerna, where he teaches digital journalism. He worked for a decade at the broadcasting company Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, where he was director of Canal 33 and in charge of the creation of the program Info-K. At website 324.cat he has experimented with new formats and digital narratives. He has also worked for several newspapers, as Avui, Diari de Barcelona and El Temps. Cafè Barcelona (Edicions Proa) is the fifth novel by Joan Carreras. His characters often don't express what they really mean. They have secrets. They are moving between Amsterdam and Barcelona, and the blame pursues them. The writer gives them another opportunity. The novel was awarded the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona at 2014. By 2014, he also received the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for his novel L'àguila negra.

• 1998 – La gran nevada (Empúries) • 2003 – Qui va matar el Floquet de Neu (Empúries) • 2009 – L'home d'origami (Amsterdam) • 2012 – Carretera secundària (Proa) • 2013 – Cafè Barcelona (Proa) • 2015 – L'àguila negra • 2017 – La dona del cadillac (Proa)