Josep Vallverdú, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josep Vallverdú

Catalan writer

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1923

Place of Birth: Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: writer, linguist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Josep Vallverdú i Aixalà (Catalan pronunciation: [?u'z?b ?ba?ß??'ðu]; born 1923 in Lleida) is a Catalan poet, novelist, playwright, linguist and essayist.
His narrative Rovelló served as basis for a TV-series in TV3 (Catalonia).
His works, rich in vocabulary, have been widely used in the Catalan classrooms.
Vallverdú won in 1982 the National Spanish Prize in Children's Literature.