Jordi Valls i Pozo
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Jordi Valls i Pozo is a Catalan poet.
Since a long time ago he lives in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
, a city that strongly impressed his poetic trajectory.
Jordi Valls has presided The Associació de Joves Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Young Catalan Language Writers) from 1994 to 1996 and is a member of The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
(AELC) and The PEN Club Català (Catalan PEN Club).
Having won The Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana in 2006, is the first author who holds the office of Poet of The City. Actually he works like a bookseller in city centre. Ernest Farrés, auctor of the anthology called 21 poetes del XXI (2001), states that "In the hands of Jordi Valls poetry is not only subversion but it is most of all the essence of the literary fact". And Carles Martí, Town Councillor of Culture in the Council of Barcelona defined him like "a citizen of the Metropolis who knows to capture the instants in which the human life has expression with all its beauty".
Since a long time ago he lives in Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Santa Coloma de Gramenet is a city in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the Litoral range, with the Puig Castellar...
, a city that strongly impressed his poetic trajectory.
Jordi Valls has presided The Associació de Joves Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Young Catalan Language Writers) from 1994 to 1996 and is a member of The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana , also known by the acronym AELC, is a professional organisation of authors, poets, scriptwriters, translators and other writers in the Catalan language...
(AELC) and The PEN Club Català (Catalan PEN Club).
Having won The Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana in 2006, is the first author who holds the office of Poet of The City. Actually he works like a bookseller in city centre. Ernest Farrés, auctor of the anthology called 21 poetes del XXI (2001), states that "In the hands of Jordi Valls poetry is not only subversion but it is most of all the essence of the literary fact". And Carles Martí, Town Councillor of Culture in the Council of Barcelona defined him like "a citizen of the Metropolis who knows to capture the instants in which the human life has expression with all its beauty".
Published books
- D'on neixen les penombres? (Premi Martí Dot de poesia 1994)
- Natura morta (Premi Vila de Martorell 1998)
- Oratori (Premi Senyoriu d'Ausiàs March 1999)
- La mel d'Aristeu (Premi de poesia Gorgos 2003)
- La mà de batre (Premi Grandalla de poesia 2005)
- Violència gratuïta (Premi Jocs Florals 2006)
- Última oda a Barcelona Amb la coautoria de Lluís Calvo. Santa Coloma de Gramenet: La Garúa 2008. ISBN 978-84-936342-1-6
- Felix Orbe - Editorial Denes 2010. ISBN 978-84-92768-51-6