Joan-Elies Adell
/Spain(Spain), born 1968 in Vinaròs, located in
the south of the Catalan-speaking community.
He holds a Ph. D. in Literature
and a Masters in Audiovisual
Communication. As a poet Joan-Elies
Adell has published six award-winning
collections: La matèria del temps (The
Matter of Time) (1994), Oceà immòbil
(Motionless Ocean) (1995), A curt termini
(Short Term) (1997), Un mateix cel
(The Same Sky) (2000), Encara una olor
(Even a chance smell) (2003). His sixth
book, La degradació natural dels
objectes (The Natural Decay of Objects)
has recived Jocs Floral Award.