Quim Monzó-Sarcasm and Style
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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 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, and occasionally to the Frankfurter Rundschau.
His webpage is www.monzo.info
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I'm reading Benzina (1983, Quaderns Crema) in Catalan at the moment. It's a funny book apparently set in New York, but the images it provokes are of of Barcelona, a style city with little moral substance. The main character, Heribert, is a painter going through a creative and emotional crisis. His ironic view on the world is contagious - I particularly like the sceme in the porn shop! The names of all the characters in the book begin with H. I have no idea why this should be so.
