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Josep Maria Benet i Jornet

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Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
File:Josep Maria Benet i Jornet.jpg
Born20 June 1940 (1940-06-20)
DiedApril 6, 2020(2020-04-06) (aged 79)
Occupation
  • Playwright

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə βəˈnɛt]; 20 June 1940 – 6 April 2020) was a Spanish [1] playwright and TV writer.[2]

Biography

He was born in Barcelona.

In 1997, he was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi by the Catalan government. He died from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic in Spain on 6 April 2020 at the age of 79.[3]

Theatre

  • Una vella, coneguda olor (1964, premi Josep Maria de Sagarra 1963)
  • Cançons perdudes (1970)
  • Berenàveu a les fosques (1972)
  • La desaparició de Wendy (1974)
  • Revolta de bruixes (1976)
  • Quan la ràdio parlava de Franco (1980)
  • El manuscrit d'Alí-Bey (1985)
  • Desig (1991)
  • E.R. (1995)
  • Testament (1997)
  • El gos del tinent (1999)
  • Olors (2000)
  • L'habitació del nen (2002)
  • Salamandra (2005)
  • Soterrani (2008)

Television

References

  1. ^ "'E. R', de Benet i Jornet, es llevada al cine y al teatro". El País. 15 October 1996. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Josep María Benet i Jornet, Premio Max de Honor 2010". ABC. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  3. ^ Muere Benet i Jornet, referente de la dramaturgia catalana, a los 79 años a causa del coronavirus(in Spanish)