Xavier Bosch i Sancho facts for kids
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Xavier Bosch i Sancho
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Bosch in 2015
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| Born | 21 July 1967 Barcelona, Spain
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| Occupation | writer and journalist |
Xavier Bosch i Sancho was born on July 21, 1967. He is a well-known writer and journalist from Catalonia, Spain. He has worked in many different areas of media, including radio, television, and newspapers.
Xavier Bosch helped create a funny radio show called Alguna pregunta més? (Any more questions?). This show even won an important award called the Ondas award. He also specialized in sports journalism, writing for newspapers like La Vanguardia and working for TV channels like TV3. He was even the director of a newspaper called Avui from 2007 to 2008. In 2010, he helped start a new daily newspaper in Catalan called Diari Ara.
As a novelist, Xavier Bosch is famous for his books about a journalist named Dani Santana. The first book in this series, Se sabrà tot (Everything Will Be Known), won the Sant Jordi Award in 2009. He continued Dani Santana's story in Homes d'honor (Men of Honor) in 2012 and Eufòria (Euphoria). His novel Algú com tu (Someone Like You) won the Ramon Llull Award in 2015. His more recent novel, La dona de la seva vida (The Woman of His Life), is about a serious topic: child abduction.
What He Has Written
Xavier Bosch has written different kinds of stories, from short collections to full novels and even plays.
Short Stories
- Jo, el simolses (Me, the Simpleton), published in 1992.
- Estimat diari (Dear Diary), written with Lloll Bertran and Antoni Bassas in 1996.
- Vicis domèstics (Domestic Vices), published in 1998.
Novels
- La màgia dels reis (The Magic of the Kings), published in 1994.
- Se sabrà tot (Everything Will Be Known), published in 2009. This book won an award.
- Homes d'honor (Men of Honor), published in 2012.
- Eufòria (Euphoria), published in 2014.
- Algú com tu (Someone Like You), published in 2014. This book also won a major award.
- Nosaltres dos (The Two of Us), published in 2017.
- Paraules que tu entendràs (Words You Will Understand), published in 2019.
- La dona de la seva vida (The Woman of His Life), published in 2021.
Plays
- El culékulé, a play published in 1996.
Awards and Recognition
Xavier Bosch has received several important awards for his work in journalism and literature.
- Ondas Award (1997): For the humorous radio program Alguna pregunta més?.
- Mundo Deportivo Journalism Award (1999): For the program Aquest any, cent!.
- APEI-Catalunya Award: For his work on the radio program El món a RAC 1.
- Ràdio Associació de Catalunya Award (2007): Recognized El món a RAC 1 as the Best Radio Program.
- Sant Jordi Award: For his novel Se sabrà tot.
- Ramon Llull Award (2015): For his novel Algú com tu.
See also
In Spanish: Xavier Bosch para niños
