JOHN BOYNE, writer month
JOHN BOYNE is the writer of the month of February in the municipal Library of Can Ventosa on the occasion of the 50 anniversary of the birth of the Dublin writer. With his fourth novel, The boy in the striped pajamas became known internationally. The work was translated into more than forty-five languages, including braille.
JOHN BOYNE (Dublin, 1971) studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich (England), where he was awarded the Curtis Brown Award. He began publishing stories and the year 2000 it was his first novel, the thief of time.
en 2006 Boyne published his fourth novel, The boy in the striped pajamas with which he became known internationally. The work was translated into more than forty-five languages, including braille. The Catalan translation of The boy in striped pajamas, in charge of Jordi Cussà and Anna Camps, published by the publishing house Empúries, It was the first John Boyne novel translated into Catalan.
From the story of the friendship between a Jewish boy deported to a concentration camp and the son of a high Nazi official, more than six million copies were sold and he received many awards, among the ones who, twice, el Irish Book Award. It was also a finalist for the prestigious British Book Award.. In Spain, the work was awarded the Readers Award 2007 from the magazine 'What to Read’ and managed to stay more than a year on all the best-seller lists. en 2008 Mark Herman directed the film, “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” distributed by Miramax, based on the novel.
Other works by the author also published in Catalan are Motí al Bounty (2008), The special purpose house (2009), the bet (2009), Noah Barleywater runs away from home (2010), the pacifist (2011), The boy who played with his feet on the ground (2012) O This house is haunted (2013). Most recently he has published The invisible furies of the heart (2017) y My brother's name is Jessica (2019).
Boyne alternates the narrative for adults with the juvenile, with titles like In the heart of the forest (2010), Stay in the trenches and then run (2013) O The boy on top of the mountain (2015), the latter translated into Catalan with the title The boy from the mountain house.
en 2020 Public traces of silence. Boyne has been chosen Writer of the month for February at the Municipal Library of Can Ventosa, in Ibiza, within the framework of the Holocaust Remembrance Day activities commemorating the 27 from January.
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