Ramon Solsona i Sancho

Ramon Solsona i Sancho
Ramon Solsona in 2015
Ramon Solsona in 2015
Born (1950-02-07) February 7, 1950 (age 74)
OccupationWriter
LanguageCatalan
NationalityCatalonia

Ramon Solsona i Sancho (born February 7, 1950 in Barcelona) is a Catalan writer and journalist.[1] He has a degree in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona.[2] He is also a high school teacher.[3] Is known for his ironic style. He is a regular contributor to newspapers such as El Punt and La Vanguardia.[4] He currently contributes to the radio program El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio. He also contributes to Catalunya Ràdio and RAC 1.

Career

He has also been a poet (satirist) under the pseudonym Lo Gaiter del Besòs.[4] His novel Les hores detingudes won three literary awards in the same year. His work has been translated into Spanish and French. For television, he has worked as a writer for the series Agència de viatges, Estació d'enllaç and El cor de la ciutat. These were broadcast by TV3. He was co-author of the theme song of Futbol Club Barcelona (1998). In 2010 he received the premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for his book L'home de la maleta.

Works

Ramon Solsona talking about Avel·lí Artís-GenerTísner
Solsona at St George's Day, 2013

Short stories

  • 1991: Llibreta de vacances
  • 2006: Cementiri de butxaca

Novels

  • 1989: Figures de calidoscopi
  • 1993: Les hores detingudes
  • 1998: DG
  • 1999: No tornarem mai més
  • 2001: El cor de la ciutat
  • 2004: Línia blava
  • 2011: L'home de la maleta

Poetry

  • 1989: Sac de gemecs

Nonfiction

  • 1995: Ull de bou
  • 1995 Ull de vaca
  • 2005: A paraules em convides

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ramon Solsona i Sancho". www.enciclopedia.cat. Enciclopèdia Catalana. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ramon Solsona". MB AGENCIA LITERARIA. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Casas, Sònia (June 2008). "El meu heroi: Ramon Solsona". Sàpiens (68).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ramon Solsona". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

Other websites

  • Ramon Solsona at the website of Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC).