Joan Carreras i Goicoechea

Catalan writer and journalist

Joan Carreras i Goicoechea (born in Barcelona, 1962) is a Catalan journalist, screenwriter, and writer.[1][2][3] He is a professor in the Faculty of Communication at Blanquerna.[4] He teaches digital journalism. He worked for ten years at the broadcasting company Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. He was the director of Canal 33. He was also the manager of the program Info-K. At television channel 324.cat he tried out new formats and digital narratives.[5] He has also worked for many newspapers, such as Avui, Diari de Barcelona and El Temps. In 2014, he received the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for his novel L'àguila negra (The black eagle).[6]

Joan Carreras i Goicoechea
Joan Carreras in 2013
Joan Carreras in 2013
Born1962
OccupationWriter and journalist
LanguageCatalan
NationalityCatalonia
Notable worksCafè Barcelona
Website
www.janquim.cat

Story collections

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  • 1990 — Les oques van descalces (Quaderns Crema)
  • 1993 — La bassa del gripau (Quaderns Crema)

Novels

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  • 1998 — La gran nevada (Empúries)[7]
  • 2003 — Qui va matar el Floquet de Neu (Empúries)
  • 2009 — L'home d'origami (Amsterdam)[8]
  • 2012 — Carretera secundària (Proa)[9]
  • 2013 — Cafè Barcelona (Proa)
  • 2015 — L'àguila negra

Awards and honours

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  1. "Joan Carreras i Goicoechea". www.enciclopedia.cat. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. Nopca, Jordi (21 March 2012). "Joan Carreras, 'm'agraden les històries a dins de les històries'" [Joan Carreras, 'I like the stories within stories']. Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona.
  3. Serra, Montserrat (12 March 2012). "Joan Carreras, @janquim, publica 'Carretera secundària'" [Joan Carreras, @janquim has published 'Secondary Road']. Vilaweb (in Catalan). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ""El professor Joan Carreras publica 'Carretera secundària'"". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  5. Gordillo, Saül. Sobirania.cat. Creat. p. 178.
  6. "Joan Carreras, premi Sant Jordi de novel·la" [Joan Carreras has been awarded the premi Sant Jordi de novel·la]. Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. "Joan Carreras publica la quarta novel·la Carretera secundària". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  8. Blog oficial del llibre
  9. Carretera secundària

Other websites

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