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| Rafel Nadal | |
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| Born | (1954-10-02) October 2, 1954 (age 70) Girona |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | writer and journalist |
| Known for | La Maledicció dels Palmisano |
Rafel Nadal (born 1954, Girona) is a Spanish journalist and writer. He has published Els Mandarins (Columna, 2011); Quan érem feliços (Destino, 2012); Quan en dèiem xampany (Columna, 2013); La Maledicció dels Palmisano (Columna, 2015), a bestseller published in 22 languages; and La senyora Stendhal (Columna, 2017).
In 2012, he was awarded with Josep Pla Award for Quan érem feliços.
In 2014 he won the Maria Àngels Anglada Prize for Quan en dèiem xampany.
In 2019, he published El fill de l’italià and won the most important prize in Catalan literature, the Ramon Llull Literary Award. As a journalist, he was director of El Periódico de Catalunya between 2006 and 2010.
Works
- Els mandarins (2011, Columna)
- Quan érem feliços (2012, Destino)
- Quan en dèiem xampany (2013, Columna)
- La maledicció dels Palmisano (2015, Columna)
- La senyora Stendhal (2017, Columna)
- El fill de l'italià (2019, Columna)
References
- "International Hot Book Properties, Week of October 12, 2015". www.publishersweekly.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- Fernández, Laura (6 January 2012). "Álvaro Pombo gana el Premio Nadal" [Álvaro Pombo Wins the Premio Nadal]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- Carrera, Esteve. "Rafel Nadal qualifica el premi Anglada d'"exigent i honest" - 12 juny 2014". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- Puigdevall, Ponç (2015-11-04). "Vigència del fulletó". EL PAÍS (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- "Rafel Nadal". lletrA-UOC – Open University of Catalonia.