Joaquín Soler Serrano (19 August 1919, Murcia - 7 September 2010, Barcelona[1]) was a Spanish journalist and presenter of radio and television programs.
Here he served primarily as a presenter, presenting such programs as Lo mejor del mundo, Blanco y Negro, La samba, ¡caramba!, Feria de canciones, Reír es vivir, Peseta por palabra, ¡Que rico Mambo!
He was recognized for his efforts to support victims of the flooding in Vallès, Spain in September 1962.
He subsequently hosted many other programs, finally becoming presenter of the interview program A fondo (1976–1981), in which he had the opportunity to interview Salvador Dalí, Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sabato, Octavio Paz, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Julio Cortázar, Camilo José Cela, Bernardo Bertolucci, Frederick Forsyth, Elia Kazan, Antonio Gala, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Francisco Umbral, Julio Iglesias, Juan Rulfo and Silvio Fanti among others.
Soler has received the most important Spanish awards for journalism, including the Premio Nacional de Radiodifusión (in 1961) and the Ondas Prize (in 1955, 1959, 1962, 1976, and 1999).