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Sílvia Soler

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Sílvia Soler
Born
Sílvia Soler i Guasch

1961
Known forWriting

Sílvia Soler i Guasch (born 1961) is a Spanish writer and journalist who writes in Catalan. In 2013, her novel L’estiu que comença was awarded the Ramon Llull Novel Award.

Early life and education

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Sílvia Soler i Guasch was born on 5 October,[1] 1961, in Figueres.[1][2] Her mother is the writer Carme Guasch,[1] her brother the journalist Toni Soler i Guasch.[1][2] She has a degree in information science.[1]

Career

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As a journalist, Soler has worked for the radio, press, and television.[3] She has written for such newspapers as Avui, Punt Diari and Presència.[1] With time, she began to put more focus on book writing.[2][4]

Soler has written over twenty books, chiefly novels.[1] Her fiction debut, Semblava de vidre (1984), won the Recull award.[1] She is also the recipient of premi Fiter i Rossell for Mira’m als ulls[1] and the Prudenci Bertrana Prize for Petons de diumenge.[1][2] In 2013, Soler was awarded the Ramon Llull Novel Award for L’estiu que comença,[1][5] a novel about a fifty years long friendship between a man and a woman.[2]

Soler's novel 39+1. L’edat en què una dona sap que l’home de la seva vida és ella mateixa (2005) was adapted for television.[2][5]

Works

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Fiction

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  • Semblava de vidre,1984
  • Arriben els ocells de nit, 1985
  • Ramblejar, 1992
  • El centre exacte de la nit, 1992
  • El son dels volcans, 1999
  • L’arbre de Judes, 2001
  • Mira’m als ulls, 2004[1]
  • 39+1. L’edat en què una dona sap que l’home de la seva vida és ella mateixa, 2005[5]
  • 39+1+1: Enamorar-se és fàcil, si saps com, 2007
  • Petons de diumenge, 2008
  • Una família fora de sèrie, 2010
  • Un creuer fora de sèrie, 2012
  • Bàsquet, scrabble i tu, 2012 (young adult fiction written with son, Ferran Muñoz)
  • L’estiu que comença, 2013
  • Un any i mig, 2015
  • Els vells amics, 2017
  • Rellotges de sol, 2018
  • El fibló, 2019
  • Nosaltres, després, 2021[1]

Non-fiction

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  • Àngel Casas Show: anecdotari secret, 1983
  • El gust de ser mare, 2004[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sílvia Soler i Guasch | enciclopedia.cat". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dalmases, Irene (2013-02-01). "La figuerenca Sílvia Soler obté el Llull amb una de les seves novel·les serioses". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. ^ "Sílvia Soler". PlanetadeLibros (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  4. ^ "Sílvia Soler". Ara. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  5. ^ a b c "Sílvia Soler". CCCB (in Spanish). 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2023-02-03.