Ramon Solsona i Sancho

Ramon Solsona i Sancho (born February 7, 1950 in Barcelona) is a Catalan writer and journalist. He has a degree in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona. He is also a high school teacher. Is known for his ironic style. He is a regular contributor to newspapers such as El Punt and La Vanguardia. 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. 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 
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 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 

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

Category:Writers from Barcelona
Category:Living people
Category:1950 births
Category:Spanish poets
Category:Spanish journalists