Joan Guasp

He has been awarded different theatrical prizes, with highlights being Kabyl (1983), runner-up for the Ignasi Iglésias Prize; Fumar d’amagat (1987), Teatre Principal de Mallorca Prize; Melodia de saxo (1995), Sant Jordi Prize for theatre; Oxo (1996), honorary mention in the SGAE Theatre Prize and candidate for the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s National Literature Prize 1998; Viatge a la fi del món (1998), runner-up for the Ignasi Iglesias Prize; Els papagenos (2003), El Micalet Prize for theatre; Irène Némerovsky (2006), Recull Prize; and El creuer dels etcèteres (2007), Ciutat de Sagunt Prize. Furthermore he has published Tructeatre (1985), a volume containing three works in the costumbrista style (Alta temperatura, Moscards i bimbolles and La sal), Els titellaires (1998), El venedor de cacauets (2001), Viatge a una altra part (2002), Bobóbabàbübü (2006), Les noces de paper d’estrassa (2006), Homo histrioniqus (2007), Calabruix (2007) and Jo sóc el que sóc (2009), among others. He has also cultivated narrative for children, poetry, novels and even such a minority genre as the aphorism.