Xavier Bosch i Sancho, publicly known as Xavier Bosch (

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, July 21, 1967) is a Catalan-Spanish writer and journalist. He was the creator, together with Antoni Bassas of the humorous program ''Alguna pregunta més?'' at

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, for which he received an

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. Specializing in sports journalism, he worked at ''

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'', '' TV3'', ''

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'' and was director of the newspaper '' Avui'' from 2007 to 2008. In 2010 he has been one of the initiator of a new daily newspaper in Catalan language, ''

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.'' Regarding his career as a novelist, he has written a trilogy starred by journalist Dani Santana, which first book ''Se sabrà tot'' received a

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in 2009. Second and third novels were ''Homes d'honor'' (2012) and ''Eufòria''. His novel ''Algú com tu'' (Someone like you) (2015), is winner of the 2015

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. On his last novel ''La dona de la seva vida'' he writes about

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Works

Short stories

* ''Jo, el simolses'', Barcelona: La Magrana, 1992. * ''Estimat diari'' (with Lloll Bertran, Antoni Bassas), Barcelona: La Magrana, 1996. * ''Vicis domèstics'', Barcelona: La Magrana, 1998.

Novel

* ''La màgia dels reis'', Barcelona: Columna - La Galera, 1994. * ''Se sabrà tot'', 2009. * ''Homes d'honor'', Barcelona: Proa, 2012. * ''Eufòria'', 2014. * ''Algú com tu'', 2014 *Nosaltres dos, 2017 *''Paraules que tu entendràs, 2019'' *''La dona de la seva vida'', 2021.

Teatre

* ''El culékulé'', Barcelona: La Magrana, 1996

Prizes

* Premi Ondas 1997 for the humour program ''Alguna pregunta més?'' * Premi Mundo Deportivo de periodisme 1999, for the program ''Aquest any, cent!''. * Premio Premi APEI-Catalunya (in its sixth edition) for ''El món a RAC 1''. * Premi Ràdio Associació de Catalunya 2007 in the category of the Best Radio Program for ''El món a RAC 1''. * Premi Sant Jordi for the novel ''Se sabrà tot''. * Premi Ramon Llull 2015 for the novel ''Algú com tu''.

References

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