Imma Monsó

Imma Monsó (born in 1959 in Lleida, Catalonia) is a Spanish fiction writer.

Monsó is known mainly for her humorous and poignant novels and for blending an absurdist wit with a profound tenderness for her very singular characters. Monso is graduated from University of Barcelona, Spain and University of Caen Normandy in France. She is a high school teacher and writes for the main Spanish and Catalan newspapers like El País and La Vanguardia. All her literary works has been translated into Spanish, and most of them to several languages. She has received numerous awards for her literary works.

Published works

Novels

No se sap mai (One never knows) (1996)
Com unes vacances (Like a holiday) (1998)
Tot un caràcter (A total character) (2000)
Un home de paraula (A man with a word) (2006)
La dona veloç (2012)
La mestra i la Bèstia (2023)

Short story and essay collections

Marxem, papà, aquí no ens hi volen. (Go on, daddy, we’re not welcome here)(2004),
Millor que no m’ho expliquis (Better if you don't tell me) (2003)
Hi són, però els veus (They are here, but you can't see them)(2003)
I Was Walking, Barcelona Metropolis, 2010.

Children fiction

L'escola Estrambota (The Strambot School) (2005)

Honours and awards

1996: "Premi Ribera d'Ebre", Si és no és
1997: Tigre Juan Award from the Fundación Alarcos Llorach, for her novel Nunca se sabe^[1]
1998: "Premi Prudenci Bertrana", Com unes vacances
1999: "Premi Cavall verd, de l'Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana", Com unes vacances
2003: "Premio Com Radio", Millor que no m’ho expliquis
2004: "Premi Ciutat de Barcelona", Millor que no m’ho expliquis
2007: "Premi Maria Àngels Anglada", Un home de paraula
2007: "Premi Salambó", Un home de paraula
2007: "Premio Internacional Terenci Moix", Un home de paraula

2012: "Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull", La dona veloç
2013: "Premi El Setè Cel de Salt", La dona veloç
2013: "Premi Nacional de Cultura a la trajectòria"
2024: "Premi Òmnium a la millor novel·la de l'any", La mestra i la Bèstia

Bibliography

Imma Monsó: La narrativa de la ironia i diferència. Vic (Barcelona): Eumo & Universitat de Vic, ‘Capsa de Pandora’ Feminist Studies Series. ISBN 978-84-9766-239-0. Author: M. Lunati, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, Cardiff University, GB:

References

^ Yániz, Juan Pedro (30 March 2004). "Imma Monsó aborda con la misma seriedad y respeto el cuento y la novela" [Imma Monsó Addresses the Short Story and the Novel with the Same Seriousness and Respect]. ABC (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 4 September 2018.