ALEXANDRE, VÍCTOR

Víctor Alexandre was born in Barcelona; he is a writer and journalist. He collaborates regularly in different media: El Món, Racó Català, Cugat.cat, Tot Sant Cugat… He has published numerous books in which he has covered diverse literary fields: essay, short story, novel and dramaturgy.

In the essay genre he has published: Jo no sóc espanyol (Proa, 1999), Despullant Espanya (Proa, 2001), Despullats, with Joel Joan (Proa, 2003), Senyor President (Proa, 2003), L’autoestima dels catalans, several authors (Pòrtic, 2003), El cas Carod. 50 dies de linxament polític d’una nació (Proa, 2004), La paraula contra el mur (Premio de Ensayo Francesc Ferrer i Gironès) (La Busca, 2006), TV3 a traïció. Televisió de Catalunya o d’Espanya? (Proa, 2006), Nosaltres, els catalans (Pòrtic, 2008) and La independència explicada al meu fill (Meteora, 2014).

His theatrical production includes: Èric i l’Exèrcit del Fènix (Proa, 2007), premiered in 2007 at Barcelona’s Teatre Borràs; Trifulkes de la Katalana Tribu (Salvatella, 2009), premiered in 2009 at the Museu d’Història de Catalunya and again in 2012, in a musical version at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya; and Onze.Nou.Catorze-1714 (Salvatella, 2013), premiered in 2013 at the Born Centre Cultural and again at the Grec-2014 Festival. The three stagings directed by Pere Planella. Other works of his that have been premiered are: Taula rodona, o la joia de ser catalans (with Pere Calders) (Voliana, 2015), directed by Trini Escrihuela; Abans que pugi el teló (Voliana, 2015), directed by Salvador Fité; L’arrogància humana (2017), an adaptation of his novel Cor de brau, directed by Trini Escrihuela; and La vida en un tren (Xandri, 2018), directed by Teresa Canas.

And in the field of short stories and novels we can mention titles such as El somriure de Burt Lancaster (Proa, 2005), Set dones i un home sol (Premio Mercè Rodoreda) (Proa, 2009), Una història immoral (Proa, 2010), Cor de brau (Columna, 2011) and Els amants de la rambla del Celler (Meteora, 2017).

Personal website: www.victoralexandre.cat
Twitter: @valex_cat

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