Xavier Vernetta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Xavier Vernetta

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1956

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: translator, art critic, political writer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Xavier Vernetta i Gallart (Barcelona, 11 October 1956) is a Catalan professor of literature, literary critic, translator and writer.He has a degree in Contemporary History and Catalan Philology from the University of Barcelona.
He has published about a dozen narrative works in Catalan, covering genres such as short stories, novel for adults, the young adult novel or fairytale.
In 2003 he received ex aequo the Premi de Narrativa de la Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana Prize for his work Parlem d'amor,Parlem d'amor and in 2007, the Lleida Prize for País de llops.
He has been translated work to Basque.