Retrat de Francesc Bombí Vilaseca

Journalist

(Barcelona, 1975). Writer, journalist and philologist. 

He works in the Culture section of the newspaper La Vanguardia, where he follows the latest developments in Catalan literature. He has published the biography of the singer-songwriter Roger Mas La pell i l’os [Skin and Bone] (Satélite K, 2011). He is also a poet and has given a number of recitals.

Last Update: January, 2023

Articles by Francesc Bombí Vilaseca

“Sometimes I think the best work is handwritten”

Enric Casasses

Poetry permeates Enric Casasses’ entire oeuvre. Having passed the age of seventy and with a succession of books and prizes, the poet talks about his published work and the work that has...

Persones caminant entre les parades de llibres el dia de Sant Jordi del 2018. © Vicente Zambrano
Sant Jordi versus coronavirus. Rescue bookshops and save books

23 April 2020. Like every year, Sant Jordi [St. George] has to slay the dragon, but this year the story has taken a different path and the enemy has mutated into a virus that cannot be...

Retrat de Joan Margarit © Camilla de Maffei
“Poetry is a tool for loving”

Joan Margarit

Joan Margarit is travelling through old age with a complete published oeuvre that grows as he writes new poems and books such as Per tenir casa cal guanyar la guerra [To Have a...

Biblioteca secreta -.col·lecció de llibres
Three tales of the submerged city

Three books inaugurate the ‘Biblioteca Secreta’ series, three volumes that retrieve necessary characters from the most underground Barcelona. Pep Gómez writes on Pepe Otal, Joan Vinuesa...

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