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Juan Marsé
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Juan Faneca Roca
8 January 1933 |
| Died | 18 July 2020 (aged 87) Barcelona, Spain
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| Occupation | Novelist, journalist and screenwriter |
| Movement | Generation of '50 |
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Juan Marsé Carbó (born January 8, 1933 – died July 18, 2020) was a famous Spanish writer. He wrote novels, worked as a journalist, and wrote scripts for movies. He wrote in Spanish. In 2008, he won the Cervantes Prize. This award is like the Nobel Prize in Literature for Spanish-language books.
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Juan Marsé's Early Life
Juan Marsé was born in Barcelona, Spain. His birth name was Juan Faneca Roca. Sadly, his mother passed away when he was born. He was then adopted by the Marsé family. That is how he got the name Juan Marsé Carbó.
At 14, Juan Marsé started working. He did not finish school. He began as an apprentice in a jewelry shop. Later, he worked for a magazine called 'Arcinema'.
Starting His Writing Career
Marsé began writing stories in 1958. These stories appeared in magazines like 'Insula' and 'El Ciervo'. One of his stories, Nada para morir, won the Sésamo Prize. In 1958, he published his first novel. It was called Encerrados con un solo juguete (Locked up with a Single Toy). This book was a finalist for an important award.
After this, he lived in Paris for two years. He worked at the Pasteur Institute. He also translated movie scripts and taught Spanish. When he returned to Spain, he wrote another book. It was called Esta cara de la luna (This Side of the Moon). He later decided not to include this book in his collected works.
In 1965, he won the Biblioteca Breve Prize. He won it for his novel Últimas tardes con Teresa (Last Evenings with Teresa).
Writing and Film Work
Juan Marsé married Joaquina Hoyas. He started working in advertising. He also wrote dialogues for films. He wrote La oscura historia de la prima Montse (The Dark Story of Cousin Montse). This book was not very popular.
He also wrote Si te dicen que caí (If They Tell You I Fell). This book was published in Mexico. This was because of Francoist censorship in Spain. It won an international novel prize.
In 1974, he started writing a column for a magazine. He also kept writing for the film industry. His novel La muchacha de las bragas de oro won the Planeta Prize in 1978. This prize made him well-known to many people.
He wrote two novels about post-war Barcelona. These were Un día volveré (One Day I'll Come Back) and Ronda del Guinardó. He also wrote a collection of short stories called Teniente Bravo.
Awards and Later Works
In the 1990s, Juan Marsé received many awards. He won the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize for El amante bilingüe (The Bilingual Lover). He also won the Critic Prize and the Aristeion Prize for El embrujo de Shanghai (The Shanghai Spell).
In 1997, he was given the Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature. After seven years of not publishing, he released Rabos de Lagartija (Lizards' Tails). This book won the Critic Prize and the Narrative National Prize.
Juan Marsé won the 2008 Cervantes Prize. This is the most important award for Spanish-language literature. In 2014, a book called The Calligraphy of Dreams was published. Juan Marsé passed away on July 18, 2020.
Movies Based on His Books
Many of Juan Marsé's books were made into movies. Here are some of them:
- The Dark History of Cousin Montse (1977)
- Last Evenings with Teresa (1984)
- If you say that I fell (1989)
- The Bilingual Lover (1993)
- Domenica - based on Ronda del Guinardó (2001)
- The Shanghai Spell (2002)
- Lolita's Club (2007)
See also
In Spanish: Juan Marsé para niños
