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, 1961, in Figueres. 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. She has written for such newspapers as Avui, Punt Diari and Presència. With time, she began to put more focus on book writing.
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, 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 Estimada Gris, 2023 Cor fort, 2025
Non-fiction
Àngel Casas Show: anecdotari secret, 1983 El gust de ser mare, 2004
References