What is Josep Maria Castellet?
{{Infobox person | name = Josep Maria Castellet | image = Josep Maria Castellet.JPG | imagesize = 250px | caption = Josep Maria Castellet in March 2009 | birth_name = Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|1|9|1926|12|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Barcelona, Spain | other_names = José María Castellet | alma_mater = | occupation = Writer, poet, literacy critic, publisher, editor | spouse = | children = | relatives = | website = | years_active = 1955&ndash;2012 }} '''Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío''' (15 December 1926 &ndash; 9 January 2014), also known as '''José María Castellet''', was an [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[critic]], [[publisher]] and [[editor]]. Castellet was born in [[Barcelona]] on 15 December 1926. He began his career in writing in 1955. He wrote novels and poetry in both [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. His last novel was published in 2012.<ref name=ara>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ara.cat/llegim/Josep_Maria_Castellet-Edicions_62_0_1063093870.html|title=Mor l'editor, escriptor i crític literari Josep Maria Castellet als 87 anys|date=9 January 2014|work=[[Ara (newspaper)|Ara]]|language=ca|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> Castellet died on 9 January 2014 from [[pneumonia]]. He was aged 87. He died in his hometown of Barcelona.<ref name=ara/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellet, Josep Maria}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:Publishers]] [[Category:Spanish poets]] [[Category:Writers from Barcelona]]