Xavier Bosch i Sancho (born 21 July 1967) is a Catalan-Spanish writer and journalist.
He was the creator, together with Antoni Bassas of the humorous program ''Alguna pregunta més?'' at
Catalunya Ràdio
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, for which he received an
Ondas award
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. Specializing in sports journalism, he worked at ''
La Vanguardia
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'', ''
RAC 1
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'' and was director of the newspaper ''
Avui
''Avui'' (; ) was a Catalan-language daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was Catalan nationalist.
History and profile
''Avui'' was first publi ...
'' from 2007 to 2008. In 2010 he has been one of the initiator of a new daily newspaper in Catalan language, ''
Diari Ara
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.'' Regarding his career as a novelist, he has written a trilogy starred by journalist Dani Santana, which first book ''Se sabrà tot'' received a
Sant Jordi Award in 2009. Second and third novels were ''Homes d'honor'' (2012) and ''Eufòria''. His novel ''Algú com tu'' (Someone like you) (2015), is winner of the 2015
Ramon Llull Award
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Winners 1997
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. On his last novel ''La dona de la seva vida'' he writes about
child abduction
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.
Works
Short stories
* ''Jo, el simolses'', Barcelona: La Magrana, 1992.
* ''Estimat diari'' (with Lloll Bertran, Antoni Bassas), Barcelona: La Magrana, 1996.
* ''Vicis domèstics'', Barcelona: La Magrana, 1998.
Novel
* ''La màgia dels reis'', Barcelona: Columna - La Galera, 1994.
* ''Se sabrà tot'', 2009.
* ''Homes d'honor'', Barcelona: Proa, 2012.
* ''Eufòria'', 2014.
* ''Algú com tu'', 2014
*Nosaltres dos, 2017
*''Paraules que tu entendràs, 2019''
*''La dona de la seva vida'', 2021.
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''.
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Premi Ramon Llull 2015 for the novel ''Algú com tu''.
References
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Novelists from Catalonia
Writers from Barcelona
Journalists from Barcelona
1967 births
Living people