In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Ballbona and the second or maternal family name is Puig; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
| Anna Ballbona | |
|---|---|
 Ballbona in 2014 | |
| Born | Anna Ballbona i Puig 1980 Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain |
| Language | Catalan, Spanish |
| Genre | Poetry |
Anna Ballbona i Puig (Montmeló, 1980) is a Spanish journalist, writer and literary critic. She usually collaborates on media such as El PuntAvui, El 9 Nou, El 9 Esportiu i Núvol. She studied Journalism, Literary theory and Comparative literature. In 2008 she was awarded the Premi Amadeu Oller for her first book of poems, La mare que et renyava era un robot. In 2016 she was one of the first writers to use the Faber Residency.
Published work
- La mare que et renyava era un robot, Galerada, 2002
- Quàntiques!: 10 poetes joves en diferencial femení, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008
- Conill de gàbia, Labreu edicions, 2012
- Joyce i les gallines (a novel), Anagrama, 2016
- No soc aquí (Anagrama, 2020)
Awards
- 2008 — Premi Amadeu Oller
- 2009 — Premi Salvador Reynaldos of Journalism
- 2020 — Anagrama Award for Catalan novels.
References
- Pere Ballart (27 September 2008). "Poesia" (PDF). El Punt Avui. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Articles d'Anna Ballbona a El Punt Avui". El Punt Avui. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Articles d'Anna Ballbona a Núvol". Núvol. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Esteve Plantada (26 September 2012). "Anna Ballbona presenta "Conill de gàbia", el seu nou llibre de poemes". Naciódigital. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Anna Ballbona. Labreu". Labreu edicions. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Olot crea Faber, primera residencia creativa catalana". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- Esteve Plantada (26 September 2012). "Anna Ballbona presenta "Conill de gàbia", el seu nou llibre de poemes". Naciódigital. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Jordi Florit (29 September 2012). "El conill d'Anna Ballbona, la llebre de la llibertat". Núvol (publicació digital). Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ALÓS, Ernest Anagrama se estrena en la novela en catalán con Albert Forns y Anna Ballbona El Periódico de Catalunya, 18/01/2016
- "No soc aquí - Ballbona, Anna - 978-84-339-1582-5". Editorial Anagrama. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- "Anna Ballbona guanya el Premi Llibres Anagrama 2020". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.