Miquel Obiols (born 1945) is a
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/ref> He was born in Roda de Ter
Roda de Ter () is a municipality in the comarca of Osona, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, near Vic, on the Ter River above the Sau Reservoir. Population: 5,435 (2004), area: 2.18 km². Its church is dedicated to St. Peter. Main monu ...
. He went to university to study pharmacy but finished with a degree in Romance languages
The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language ...
. He is best known for his work for children and young adults. In 1977, he published ''¡Ai, Filomena, Filomena!'' He was one of the creators of the first Catalan TV program for children called ''Terra d’escudella'' and since then has continued to develop other shows for TV, such as ''Planeta Imaginari'' and ''Juego de Niños''. He has also worked in the theatre; ''La Nit de Sant Joan de Dagoll Dagom'' was a stage adaptation of his book ''A l’inrevés''.
Among his books for young readers are:
* ''El misterio de Buster Keaton'' (1980),
* ''El tigre de Mary Plexiglás'' (1987),
* ''Libro de las M’Alicias'' (1990; Kalandraka, 2009),
* ''77 Histèries'' (1990),
* ''El quadre més bonic del món'' (2001),
* ''L’aigua està malalta'' (2002),
* ''Una d’indis'' (2002),
* ''Datrebil. Siete cuentos y un espejo'' (Espasa Calpe, 1989) (chosen by the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez as one of the best Spanish works of the 20th century)
He has won numerous literary prizes (Joaquim Ruyra, Ministerio de Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya, Critici in Erba de Bologna, Crítica Serra d’Or (twice). He enjoys the theatre, movies, and painting.
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Spanish male writers
1945 births
Living people