JOSEP PEDRALS
JOSEP PEDRALS

Summary/Abstract: Josep Pedrals, born in Barcelona in 1979. Since 1997, he brings poetry to stages. He has performed throughout Europe, Asia and America, giving thousands of recitals in all kinds of festivals and cycles. He has been awarded in various contests of recitation, including the Osaka International Slam (2009). He works in poetry education for children and adults and gives lectures and courses on poetry, prosody and orality in schools, colleges and universities. He has developed poetry spaces on radio and television and has collaborated in art and culture sections of various publications. He has published a sonnet every day in the newspaper Ara during a couple of years (2010-2012). From 2002 to 2015 he has coordinated the HORINAL – Workshop of Recitations and New Literary Attitudes. He has written four poetry books, several theatre plays, and also writes prose and esseys. Pedrals was the keyboardist of the funky-pop band Explosion Bikini (1999-2004) and currently he leads the ironic pop group Els Nens Eutròfics. He was awarded with the “Lletra d’or” prize in 2013 (to the best Catalan book) and the Time Out Barcelona - Best Artist of the Year 2014 prize.

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