Xavier Bosch i Sancho

Xavier Bosch i Sancho (born July 21, 1967 in Barcelona) is a Catalan writer and journalist.[1] Bosch and Antoni Bassas created the program Alguna pregunta més? at Catalunya Ràdio. He received an Ondas award for that program. He worked at La Vanguardia, TV3 and RAC 1 in sports. He was the director of the newspaper Avui from 2007 to 2008.[1] In 2010, he founded a newspaper in Catalan, Diari Ara. He wrote a trilogy whose first book (Se sabrà tot) received a Sant Jordi Award in 2009. His second and third novels were Homes d'honor (2012) and Eufòria. His last novel, Algú com tu (Someone like you, 2015), is winner of the Ramon Llull 2015 award.[2]

Xavier Bosch in an interview with Irene Rigau
Xavier Bosch in an interview with Irene Rigau
Born (1967-07-21) July 21, 1967 (age 57)
Occupationwriter and journalist
LanguageCatalan
NationalitySpanish

Works

Short stories

Novel

Teatre

  • El culékulé, Barcelona: La Magrana, 1996

Prizes

  • Premi Ondas 1997 for the humour program Alguna pregunta més?
  • Premi Mundo Deportivo de periodisme 1999, for the program Aquest any, cent!.
  • Premio Premi APEI-Catalunya (in its sixth edition) for El món a RAC 1.
  • Premi Ràdio Associació de Catalunya 2007 in the category of the Best Radio Program for El món a RAC 1.
  • Premi Sant Jordi for the novel Se sabrà tot.
  • Premi Ramon Llull 2015 for the novel Algú com tu.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Sobre Xavier Bosch". Cafè Baviera. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. Xavier Bosch at Catalan literature's who is who

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