Terenci Moix

Who was Terenci Moix?

Terenci Moix was a Catalan writer who wrote in Spanish and in Catalan. He is also the brother of poet/novelist Anna Maria Moix.

He had a self-taught education. His first work, "La torre de los vicios capitales" was published in 1968. Many of his early works criticised the values of his time, especially the official morality of Francoism. Other works explored camp aesthetics, an element of his work studied by Timothy M. McGovern. He wrote in several newspapers: Tele-Exprés, Tele-Estel, El Correo Catalán, Destino, Nuevos Fotogramas, Serra d'Or and El País. He was openly homosexual and participated many TV gatherings. He died of lung emphysema related to his use of tobacco.

An annual literature prize, bearing his name, the Terenci Moix Fundación Arena de Narrativa Gay y Lésbica has been instituted; won most recently by the Anglo-Spanish novelist Rafael Peñas Cruz for his coming-of-age work "Charlie".