Jaume Cabré

Jaume Cabré i Fabré (; born 1947) is a Catalan philologist, novelist and screenwriter. He was one of the founders of the Catalan literary collective, ''Ofèlia Dracs''.

He was born in Terrassa. He graduated in Catalan Philology from the University of Barcelona, is a high-school teacher on leave of absence, professor at the University of Lleida, and a member of the Philological Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.

During many years he has combined literary writing with teaching. He has also worked in television and cinematographic scriptwriting. He collaborated with Joaquim Maria Puyal as creator and scriptwriter of the first Catalan television series: ''La Granja'' (1989–1992), followed by other shows like ''Estació d'Enllaç'' (1994–1998), ''Crims'' (2000) and the made-for-television movies ''La dama blanca'' (1987), ''Nines russes'' (2003) and ''Sara'' (2003). He also wrote, together with Jaume Fuster, Vicenç Villatoro and Antoni Verdaguer, the script for Antoni Verdaguer's films ''La teranyina'' (1990), based on his novel, and ''Havanera'' (1993). Provided by Wikipedia