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Josep Pla


Born
in Palafrugell, Girona, Spain
March 08, 1897

Died
April 23, 1981

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Josep Pla i Casadevall (known as José Pla in Spanish) (March 8, 1897, Palafrugell, Girona - April 23, 1981, Llofriu, Girona) was a Catalan journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan.

The most important characteristics of the “planian� style are simplicity, irony, and clarity. His works show a subjective and colloquial view, “anti-literary�, in which he stresses, nevertheless, an enormous stylistic effort by calling things by their names and “coming up with the precise adjective�, one of his most persistent literary obsessions.

Pla lived completely dedicated to writing. The extent of his Obres Completes - Complete Wor
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“En este mundo todo se suele ver a través del pie forzado de lo que a uno le falta. El que es gordo y quisiera ser flaco busca cómplices de su propia gordura. El que es flaco y quisiera estar gordo tiende a ver a sus semejantes en un proceso de acentuada delgadez. Y uno, en definitiva, no está ni flaco ni gordo, ni delgado ni repleto, sino que es simplemente un individuo que va paseando por el mundo, mejor o peor, sus prejuicios y envejeciendo en medio de pequeñas y grandes catástrofes.”
Josep Pla, Viagem de Autocarro

“Els esforços que fa la gent del nostre 貹í per no entendre's són impressionants. És la tenacitat més viva del 貹í.”
Josep Pla

“The only treasure the poor can hoard is the prospect of a miracle.”
Josep Pla

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