Jesús Moncada

Spanish writer (1941-2005) · Spain · On the map · Writers · Died at 63

Jesús Moncada i Estruga was a narrator and translator. His work is a re-creation, somewhere between realism and fantasy, of the mythical past of the old town of Mequinenza -now submerged beneath the waters of the river Ebro-.

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2005Died13 June 20052004Aragonese Literature AwardAward2001Jaume Fuster AwardAwardSaint George's CrossAward1998Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and EssaysAward1997Joan Crexells awardAward1989City of Barcelona AwardAwardPremi de la Crítica de narrativa catalanaAwardSerra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and EssaysAward1988Joan Crexells awardAward1971Joan Santamaria PrizeAward1941Born1 December 1941