Ramon Solsona i Sancho (Barcelona, February 7, 1950) is a Catalan writer and publicist. He has a degree in Romance Philology and he is also a high school teacher on leave. Notable for his ironic style and numerous collaborations with print media (Avui, Diari de Barcelona, La Vanguardia) and radio (Catalunya Ràdio, RAC 1), he is a currently collaborator of a radio program (El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio with Mònica Terribas, section "Entre paraules").
Career He has also been a poet (satirist) under the pseudonym Lo Gaiter del Besòs. His novel Les hores detingudes won three literary prizes in the same year and was 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, which were broadcast by TV3. He was author of the lyrics of the hymn for the centenary of FC Barcelona (1998), set to music by Antoni Ros-Marbà. In 2010 he received the premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for his book L'home de la maleta.
Works
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
External links Ramon Solsona at the website of Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC).