Writers and Barcelona
Barcelona has been and keeps being a perfect scene for literary works, a source of inspiration for writers who were born here and a welcoming place for writers from around the world who have described it in their books.
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Sílvia SOLER
(Figueres, 1961)
Novelist and regular collaborator in different media, Sílvia Soler has been awarded with the Prudenci Bertrana Prize in 2008 with Petons de diumenge and the Premi Ramon Llull 2013 with L'estiu que comença. Some of her novels have been translated into english, japanese, polish and portuguese.
Sebastià SORRIBAS
(Barcelona, 1928 - 2007)
Writer. He was born in China town district V, where he returned at the end of the war, and which considerably influenced his writing. In 2007 and 2008 he wrote Amb X de Xino” and Barri xino: una crònica de postguerra, transporting us to one of the darkest districts of post-war Barcelona but from a very human perspective. He met with success with his books for children and young people with the famous El zoo d’en Pitus (1966) also inspired in Barcelona’s Raval district.
Jaume SUBIRANA
(Barcelona, 1963)
Writer of prose and verse. He was awarded the most prestigious poetry awards in 1998, the Carles Riba Prize, and in 2015 el Gabriel Ferrater-Sant Cugat Prize. He is a lecturer in Catalan Literature at the Open University of Catalonia. His poetry is always focused on the city. In 2013, he wrote BarcelonABC Alfabet d’una ciutat a guide and literary immersion into the city.