Ramon Solsona i Sancho
Ramon Solsona i Sancho (born February 17, 1950 in Barcelona , Catalonia ) is a journalist , screenwriter and writer who writes in Catalan .
Solsona has a degree in Romance Studies . In 1992, after twenty years, he decided to give up his post as a secondary school teacher and to live entirely from his pen. He made his debut in 1989 with the novel Figures de calidoscopi . In 1998 he wrote the lyrics for the anthem on the occasion of the centenary of the football club FC Barcelona , for which Antoni Ros Marba composed the music. His most famous prose works are the three-time award-winning novel Les hores detingudes (1993) and L'Home de la maleta (2010).
He also writes for the daily newspapers Avui , Diari de Barcelona and La Vanguardia, among others . As a radio journalist, he takes care of the Entre Paraules (“Between Words”) program for RAC 1 and some programs for Catalunya Ràdio . As a screenwriter, he wrote the scripts Agència de viatges (“ Travel Agency ”, 1991–92, together with E. Gomà), Estació d'enllaç (“Connection Station ” 1996–98, with various other authors) and Dos és massa (“Two is too much ”written in 1989, with A. Manso).
Works
- Satyrical poetry
published under the pseudonym "Lo gaiter del Besòs"
- Sac de Gemecs (A Bag Full of Sighs, 1989)
- Botifarra de pagès! (Farmer's Sausage! 2013)
- Novels
- Figures de calidoscopi (1989) (kaleidoscope figures )
- Les hores detingudes (The Held Hours, 1993)
- L'home de la maleta (Man with a suitcase, 2010)
Some of his works have been translated into French, Spanish and Romanian.
Prices
- 1994: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de novel·la , Premi Prudenci Bertrana and Premi Lletra d'Or with Les hores detingudes
- 2010: Premi Sant Jordi de novella with L'home de la maleta
Individual evidence
- ↑ JIE, "Ramon Solsona i Sancho" , Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana , version of March 19, 2013
- ↑ Sonia Casas: El meu Heroi: Ramon Solsona. In: Sàpiens . No. 68, June 2008, p. 9. ISSN 1695-2014
- ↑ Ramon Solsona. Diccionari de la literatura catalana , in: Lletra, la literatura catalana a Internet , Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya , sd
- ↑ Interview by Marta Nadal about the novel: "Ramon Solsona, la transcendència del fet quotidià" (RS: the transcendence of everyday facts ), in: Vint escriptors catalans , Volume 187 by Biblioteca Serra D'Or, Barcelona, L'Abadia de Montserrat , 1997, ISBN 9788478268405 , pp. 131-137
- ↑ For a complete biography, including a complete bibliography (including works about him): "Obra" , on the web page of the Association of Authors, Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC).
- ↑ "L'Escriptor Ramon Solsona Guanya el Premi Sant Jordi per la novella" L'home de la maleta "" , TV3 , December 17, 2010
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SURNAME | Solsona i Sancho, Ramon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Solsona, Ramon; Lo Gaiter del Besòs (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan journalist, screenwriter and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |