He has also been a poet (satirist) under the pseudonym Lo Gaiter del Besòs. His novel Les hores detingudes won three literary prizes in the same year and was translated into Spanish and French. For television, he has worked as a writer for the series Agència de viatges,Estació d'enllaç and El cor de la ciutat, which were broadcast by TV3. He was author of the lyrics of the hymn for the centenary of FC Barcelona (1998), set to music by Antoni Ros-Marbà. In 2010 he received the premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for his book L'home de la maleta.