Son of the writer and journalist Francisco González Ledesma, Enric González denied he wanted to follow his paths until age seventeen,[1] when he began to write in the Hoja del Lunes de Barcelona, a simple publication usual at that time, as newspapers were not published in Spain on Mondays until the late 1980s.
He specialised in correspondent and special envoy tasks, covering the Gulf War in the early 1990s, from where he suptilely criticised embedded journalism,[2] as well as Rwandan genocide and nuclear tests in Moruroa.
London, New York, where he was based at when 9/11 terrorist attack took place although he had gone to Washington that very same day, and Rome, where he covered Pope John Paul II death, profoundly marked him, pushing him to publish three books on his experiences in these cities.
He also proved to be a great football fan, declaring to be an Espanyol, Inter Milan, AJ Auxerre and FC Nantes supporter,[3] which led him to publish a weekly column from Italy, willing to describe Italian society through Calcio.
[5] Enric González has written seven books, six of them related to his experience reporting abroad and one on the history of Espanyol football club: