Quim Monzó was born in Barcelona in 1952.
He has been awarded the National Award for fiction; the City of Barcelona Award for fiction; the Prudenci Bertrana Award for fiction; the El Temps Award for best novel; the Lletra d’Or Prize; the Catalan Writers’ Award; the Maria Àngels Anglada; and the Trajectòria. He has also been awarded Serra d’Or magazine’s prestigious Critics’ Award four times.
Together with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogues for Bigas Luna’s movie Jamón, jamón. He has also written the musical satire El tango de Don Joan with Jérôme Savary. He is a regular contributor to the La Vanguardia newspaper. His latest book Gasoline was published in 2010.
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