Sílvia Soler


Sílvia Soler i Guasch 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, 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 was adapted for television.

Works

Fiction

Semblava de vidre,1984Arriben els ocells de nit, 1985Ramblejar, 1992El centre exacte de la nit, 1992El son dels volcans, 1999L’arbre de Judes, 2001Mira’m als ulls, 200439+1. L’edat en què una dona sap que l’home de la seva vida és ella mateixa, 200539+1+1: Enamorar-se és fàcil, si saps com, 2007Petons de diumenge, 2008Una família fora de sèrie, 2010Un creuer fora de sèrie, 2012Bàsquet, scrabble i tu, 2012 L’estiu que comença, 2013Un any i mig, 2015Els vells amics, 2017Rellotges de sol, 2018El fibló, 2019Nosaltres, després, 2021Estimada Gris, 2023Cor fort, 2025

Non-fiction

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