“Translator’s Note.” Excerpt from The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts.
Abstract
The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts (2020) is a poignant work of drama that emerged from the depths of grief. In April 2020, amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Josep Maria Miró received the devastating news of the passing of one of his closest friends, the esteemed playwright Josep M. Benet i Jornet (1940–2020), an influential and luminary figure in the world of contemporary Catalan theater.
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Article
Publication Date
4-2024
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Original title in Catalan: El cos més bonic que s’haurà trobat mai en aquest lloc
Copyright © 2021 by Josep M. Miró
Copyright English translation © 2021 by Sharon G. Feldman
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
CAUTION: This play is protected in whole, in part, or in any form, under the Copyright Laws of the United States of America, Spain, the British Empire, including the Dominion of Canada, and all other countries of the Copyright Union, and is subject to royalty. All rights, including professional, amateur, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio and television broadcasting, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved. All inquiries concerning performance rights for this translation should be addressed to Sharon G. Feldman, Department of Latin American, Latino & Iberian Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173 USA.
This translation was prepared with the support of a grant from the Institut Ramon Llull.
Recommended Citation
Feldman, Sharon G., "“Translator’s Note.” Excerpt from The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts." (2024). Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications. 187.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lalis-faculty-publications/187
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Sharon G. Feldman is a translator based at the University of Richmond, where she is a specialist in modern and contemporary drama from Spain. Her publications include In the Eye of the Storm: Contemporary Theater in Barcelona (Bucknell, 2009 / L’Avenç, 2011), which was awarded the Serra d’Or Critics’ Prize for Research in Catalan Studies. Her translations of Catalan plays have been staged and read at venues in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, and the United States. She is a corresponding member abroad of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.