Overview

• He began his professional life as a creative in advertising, where he won accolades including a Cannes Festival prize, before embracing journalism in the 1970s.
• He wrote columns and conducted interviews for El Periódico, El Mundo and, from 2013, La Vanguardia, earning the 1999 Premio Ciudad de Barcelona.
• Recognised as an expert vaticanista, he reported on major papal events and explored religious themes in works like De Benedicto a Francisco and Un perro verde entre los jóvenes del Papa.
• His bibliography of over twenty titles blended urban chronicles and personal memoir, with notable works such as La nena del Leopoldo and La noche que quemaron a la mendiga.
• In 2019 the Amics de la Rambla honoured him with the Ramblista de Honor award for his literary and journalistic portrayal of Barcelona’s culture.