Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Quim MonzÃ ( ; born 24 March 1952 in Barcelona , Spain ) is a contemporary Catalan writer of novels , short stories and discursive prose , mostly in Catalan .
Simplified: Quim MonzÃ was born in Barcelona , Spain , in 1952 . He is a Catalan writer of novels , short stories and discursive prose , mostly in the Catalan language .