Robert Saladrigas Riera (Barcelona, 12 February 1940 – 22 October 2018, Barcelona) was a Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic, renowned for his articles on foreign literature published in ''CULTURA/S'', the literary supplement of ''

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'' newspaper. His literary work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.

Biography

He started Economics studies but very soon switched to journalism and literature. He wrote for several newspapers: ', ', ''

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'' (where he was in charge of the supplement ''Libros'' between 1981 and 1994) and collaborated with the magazines '' Siglo 20'', '' Tele/Estel'', '' Cavall Fort'', '' Mundo'' and ''

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''. In 1974 he founded Edicions Galba, which he led until 1978. From 1978 to 1984 he directed in the Catalan Circuit of TVE the cultural programmes ''Signes'' and ''Veus i formes'', the five-episode novel ''Cambres Barrades'' and the series "Històries de Cara i Creu", which consists of thirteen short stories. He was in charge of and participated in other cultural programmes on Ràdio 4, Radio Peninsular, and

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Bibliography

* Novels in Catalan ** 1966 ''El cau'' ** 1967 ''Entre juliol i setembre'' ** 1970 ''Boires'' ** 1970 ''L'Àlex, el 8 i el 10'' ** 1970 ''52 hores a través de la pell'' ** 1971 ''El viatge prodigiós d'en Ferran Pinyol'' ** 1977 ''Històries a mig camí'' ** 1977 ''Aquell gust agre de l'estel'' ** 1979 ''Néixer de nou, cada dia'' ** 1980 ''Pel camí ral del nord'' ** 1981 ''Sota la volta del temps'' ** 1983 ''Imatges del meu mirall'' ** 1983 ''Sóc Emma'' ** 1984 ''Visions de cada hora'' ** 1986 ''Memorial de Claudi M. Broch'' ** 1990 ''Claris'' ** 1991 ''Tauromàquia: sol i lluna'' ** 1992 ''El sol de la tarda'' ** 1994 ''Un temps del diable'' ** 1995 ''Amic Lu'' ** 1996 ''La mar no està mai sola'' ** 1999 ''Còmplices de ciutat'' ** 2004 ''La llibreta groga'' ** 2005 ''Biografia'' ** 2008 ''L'altre'' ** 2012 ''L'estiu de la pluja'' * Essays in Catalan ** 1973 ''L'Escola del Mar i la renovació pedagògica a Catalunya. Converses amb Pere Vergés'' ** 1974 ''Literatura i societat a la Catalunya d'avui'' ** 2014 ''Paraules d'escriptors. Monòlegs amb creadors catalans dels setanta'' * Essays in Spanish ** 1965 ''Notas de un viaje'' ** 1967 ''Arañas'' ** 1972 ''Las confesiones no católicas de España'' ** 2012 ''Voces del "boom". Monólogos'' ** 2013 ''De un lector que cuenta. Impresiones sobre la narrativa extranjera contemporánea. De Thomas Mann a Jonathan Franzen'' ** 2014 ''Rostros escritos. Monólogos con creadores españoles de los setenta'' ** 2017 ''En tierra de ficción. Recorrido por la narrativa contemporánea. De Edgar Allan Poe a Evan Dara''

Awards

* 1966

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for ''Entre juliol i setembre'' * 1969

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for ''Boires'' * 1986 Premi de la crítica for ''Memorial de Claudi M. Broch'' * 1991 Sant Jordi de Novel·la for ''El sol de la tarda'' * 1992 Joan Crexells for ''El sol de la tarda'' * 1996 Carlemany for ''La mar no està mai sola'' * 2004

Josep Pla Award The Josep Pla Award (; ) is a Spanish literary prize, awarded by the Destino publishing house since 1968, to a prose text written in Catalan. It is open to all genres: novel, short story, narrative, travel book, memoir, biography, diary, etc. Its ...

for ''La llibreta groga''

References

External links

* http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/saladrigasr/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Saladrigas, Robert Catalan-language writers Writers from Barcelona Journalists from Barcelona 1940 births 2018 deaths