Josep Piera Biography

Piera and Josep Rubio ( Beniopa , La Safor , 30 May of 1947 ) is a poet, translator and narrator Valencia. He has also been vice president of the Association of Writers in Catalan and Catalan PEN Center.
In 1976 he published his first book of poems, Renou: rain flakes stars and two years later, the smile of grass . In 1991 he published his poems in the collection Dictation loves (Poetry 1971-1991). Subsequently published in the name of the Sea (1999), The Distant Garden (2000) and Songs and charms (2004). His first novel Gender-change shortly after the story was first personalized Tale of Return (1977). His books, which somehow moves between intimate story and reports often describe journeys while at the same time, explore the intimate nature of human beings: The Green Cliff (1982), Summer Greek (1985 ) a baroque beautiful corpse (1987) Here everything is finished (1993) Seductions of Morroco (1996) and in Jerusalem (2005). In 2001 publishes I am what I say Ausiàs March , a literary biography of the great poet of the fifteenth century. His latest book, Damn Postwar (2007) is the continuation of Happy Times, some of the memoirs published in 2001. He has received many awards, including the prize Carles Riba prizes Andròmina poetry and prose and Josep Pla .