Lluís-Anton Baulenas

The recorded working language is Catalan, Spanish and French. The field of work recorded is belletristic literature, novel and literary criticism. Residence is recorded at Barcelona. Distinctions recorded are Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and Essays, Premi Carlemany, Premi Documenta de narrativa and Prudenci Bertrana Prize.

• Name — Lluís-Anton Baulenas • Born — 21 September 1958 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Catalonia • Occupation — Novelist, playwright, translator, literary critic • Language — Catalan

Among his works are the novels Rampoines 451 (1990, Good-for-Nothing 451), Noms à la sorra (1995, Names in the Sand), which was a finalist for the Sant Jordi Prize, Alfons XIV (1997), El fil de plata (1998, The Silver Thread), which was awarded the Serra d'Or Critics' Prize and Carlemany Novel Award, La felicitat (2001, Happiness), which received the Prudenci Bertrana Prize. His novels Amor d'idiota (2003), Àrea de servei (2007) and La vostra Anita (2015) have been adapted for the screen by the film-maker Ventura Pons. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. He has translated, from French and English to Catalan, classics by authors like Truman Capote or George Orwell, among others. He writes cultural articles and literary criticism for newspapers like El País, Ara, El Periódico de Catalunya, La Vanguardia and El Punt Avui.

• Qui al cel escup (EUMO, 1987) • Neguit (Pòrtic, 1988) • Sus Scrofa (porcs) (EUMO, 1988) • Càlida nit (Edicions 62, 1989) • Rampoines-451 (Columna Edicions, 1990) • Noms a la sorra (Columna Edicions, 1994) • Alfons XIV, un crim d'estat (Columna Edicions, 1997) • Els caníbals (És la mateixa novel·la que Sus Scrofa (porcs)) • El fil de plata (Columna Edicions, 1998) • La felicitat (Edicions 62, 2001) • Amor d'idiota (Edicions 62, 2003) • Per un sac d'ossos (Planeta, 2005) • Àrea de servei (Destino, 2007) • El nas de Mussolini (Proa, 2008) • Quan arribi el pirata i se m'emporti (La Magrana, 2013) • La vostra Anita (Bromera, 2015) • Amics per sempre (Bromera, 2017) • Els camins de la Rut (Proa, 2019) • Seré el teu mirall (Comanegra / Àfora, 2023)

• La ben calçada (with Damià Barbany) • No hi ha illes meravelloses • Melosa fel • El pont de Brooklyn • Trist, com quan la lluna no hi és • Cabaret d'hule i sofregit • Un arabesc a la pell • Històries negres

• Manual de llengua catalana per a ús i bon aprofitament dels estudiants de COU • El català no morirà • L'últim neandertal (La Magrana/RBA, 2014)