Izithombe: ngenhlonipho yombhali
Jordi Catalán, wase-Barcelona ngo-'76 futhi ehlala e-Sabadell, ukwazile ukwenza kahle kakhulu ngezincwadi futhi useshicilele amanoveli amathathu neqoqo lezindaba. Isihloko sakhe sakamuva sithi Ukusha I-Villa Elvira futhi kule ngxoxo ukhuluma nathi ngaye nezinye izihloko eziningi. Ngiyabonga ngesikhathi sakho nomusa.
Jordi Catalán
UJordi Catalán wafunda Ezimayelana Nomphakathi, kodwa uthando lwakhe lokubhala lusukela ebusheni bakhe, nakuba kwakungesikhathi ethola ingosi I-YourRelatos.com lapho eqala ukwabelana ngezindaba zakhe ngenkuthalo. Kule nkundla waqashelwa njengombhali ofakiwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi, ngenxa yezibuyekezo ezinhle kakhulu ezitholiwe, futhi wawina umncintiswano wezindaba ezimfushane. Ushicilele izindaba ezingaphezu kwekhulu futhi iphrofayili yakhe ibe nokubukwa okungaphezu kuka-100.000.
Kulo mkhakha wemiqhudelwano yezincwadi, uphinde waba ngumnqobi emqhudelwaneni we-Your Stories Market ezinhlelweni ezintathu ezilandelanayo. Inoveli yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu, ngendlela exakile, uqokwe njengo-Best Thriller kuma-Wings Literary Awards, ngaphezu kokuba owafinyelela kowamanqamu emkhakheni Othengisa Kakhulu kuma-Caligrama Awards.
Ngo-2016 waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngokushicilela iqoqo lezindaba elinesihloko esithi Phakathi kwezinsalela, futhi ngemva konyaka wakhipha inoveli yakhe yokuqala, I-Rose of Halfeti. Amlandele okungajwayelekile futhi Uphawu lwe-Malin.
Njengamanje uyingxenye yeqembu ababhali besikrini nabadali abasebenza ochungechungeni lwethelevishini olukhiqizwe yiTravelling Pro, ngaphansi kokuqondisa komenzi wefilimu wase-Uruguay uGiuseppe Giacri. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe wokubhala, uhlanganisa indima yakhe njengombhali nothando lwakhe okomculo kanye nokuphatha ibhizinisi lomndeni eligxile ekufakweni kophahla okuhlobisa.
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- INCWADI YAMANJE: Inoveli yakho yakamuva ithi Arde I-Villa Elvira. Yini ongasitshela yona ngaye futhi ugqozi lwakho luvelaphi?
I-JORDI CATALAN: Nge I-Villa Elvira iyasha Ngibuyela ku Thriller engikuthanda kakhulu, nge isigameko esibuhlungu kanye nobugebengu obukhulu okumele ixazululwe. Ugqozi lwafika, njengenjwayelo, ngokusebenzisa a ucabange. Lapho ngibona indlu, imyuziyamu yaqala ukungiyenga, futhi ngacabanga ukuthi ivutha, izisulu zingaphakathi.
- I-AL: Ungakhumbula noma yikuphi ukufunda kwakho kokuqala? Futhi into yokuqala oyibhalile?
JC: Ukufunda kwami kokuqala kwakusesikoleni. Ngikhumbula kahle Isibhakabhaka, nguBuero Vallejo, kanye Celestine, nguFernando de Rojas. Into yokuqala engayibhala kwaba i-biography yeqembu lami lokuqala lomculo.
- AL: Umbhali ohamba phambili? Ungakhetha ngaphezu kweyodwa nakuzo zonke izikhathi.
U-JC: Ngangithanda izincwadi zasendulo. I-Quixote, kodwa kwakunoKatherine Neville futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, no Stephen King engangithanda ngalo mkhakha.
- AL: Yimuphi umlingisi obungathanda ukuhlangana naye futhi umakhe?
JC: A. URobert Langdon, protagonist ka Ikhodi yeDa Vinci nguDan Brown.
- AL: Yimiphi imikhuba noma imikhuba ekhethekile uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda?
JC: Angilona ihlanya uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda. Mhlawumbe into engizilibazisa ngayo kuphela vuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuthwebula leyo mibono kukhompuyutha.
- AL: Yiziphi ezinye izinhlobo ozithandayo?
JC: Ngiyayithanda okuvusa usinga, kokubili ukufunda nokubhala, kodwa, ngaphandle kokungabaza, uhlobo engiluthandayo ukwesaba.
Umbono wamanje
- AL: Ufundani manje? Futhi ukubhala?
JC: Njengamanje ngiyafunda Uma uthanda ubumnyama, nguStephen King. Mayelana nokwami ukubhala, sengivele ngayiqala inoveli entsha futhi ngiqedela imibhalo yephrojekthi kamabonakude.
- AL: Ucabanga ukuthi sinjani isigcawu sokushicilela?
JC: Imakethe yokushicilela isingenile ukushintsha njalo. Kulezi zinsuku, ukubhala nokushicilela incwadi esezingeni kuyinto engokoqobo kubantu abaningi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubuchwepheshe buthuthuka ngokushesha, futhi kuyadingeka ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ezintsha, njengama-audiobook, engikholelwa ukuthi ayadlondlobala.
- AL: Uzizwa unjani ngalesi sikhathi esiphila kuso?
JC: Ngiqhuba kahle impela. Nginethemba elikhulu, nakuba ngikhathazekile ngesimo samanje, ikakhulukazi ngekusasa lendodakazi yami, lezi yizinto ezisibalekelayo. Injalo impilo.