Sílvia Soler Explained

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

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

Career

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. With time, she began to put more focus on book writing.^[4]

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

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.

Works

Fiction

• 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
• 39+1. L’edat en què una dona sap que l’home de la seva vida és ella mateixa, 2005
• 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

Non-fiction

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sílvia Soler i Guasch enciclopedia.cat . 2023-02-03 . Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
2. Web site: Dalmases . Irene . 2013-02-01 . La figuerenca Sílvia Soler obté el Llull amb una de les seves novel·les serioses . 2023-02-03 . Diari de Girona . ca.
3. Web site: Sílvia Soler . 2023-02-03 . PlanetadeLibros . es-es.
4. Web site: Sílvia Soler . 2023-02-03 . Ara.
5. Web site: 2017-06-22 . Sílvia Soler . 2023-02-03 . CCCB . es.