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02 april 2003 barcelona , catalonia , spain barcelona , catalonia , spain spanish 05 january 1942 spanish , catalan terenci moix.jpg terenci moix
 terenci moix writer , novelist
terenci moix

terenci moix -lrb- ; real name ramon moix i meseguer -rrb- -lrb- barcelona , 5 january 1942 - barcelona , 2 april 2003 -rrb- was a spanish 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 '' .
