Max Ernst

22 Jun 1945

Pere Gimferrer (born 22 June 1945) is an award-winning Spanish poet, translator and novelist. He is twice winner of Spain's Premio Nacional de Poesía (National Poetry Prize). He was born in Barcelona in 1945. He writes both in Castilian and Catalan. In Castilian, he has written the poetry collections *Arde el mar* (1966, National Prize for Poetry), *Amor en vilo* (2006), *Interludio azul* (2006) and *Tornado* (2008). In Catalan, he has written the novel *Fortuny* (1983, Ramon Llull Novel Award and Critica Prize), and the poetry collection *El vendaval* (1988, National Poetry Prize). For lifetime achievement, he won the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas (National Prize for Spanish Li…