Sebastià Alzamora i Martín
Sebastià Alzamora i Martín (born in Mallorca, 6 March 1972)[1] is a writer and literary critic.
Biography
changeAlzamora studied from Balearic Islands University with a degree in Catalan philology. He gained popularity after releasing a book of poetry called Rafel (1994). Rafel won the Premi Salvador Espriu. He is also the author of Apoteosi del Cercle (1997), Mula Morta (2001), and El Benestar (2003).
As a narrator, he has published L'extinció (1999), Sara i Jeremies (2002), La Pell i la Princesa (2005), Nit de L'ànima (2007), Miracle a Llucmajor (2010), and Dos Amics de Vint Anys (2013). He wrote an essay about Gabriel Janer Manila called L'escriptura del Foc (1998). He also helped create Imparables, Una antologia (2004), and published Dogmàtica Imparable (2005) with Héctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano. Since December 2007, he has been director of the magazine Cultura.
Awards
change- 1994: Premi Salvador Espriu for Rafel
- 1996: Premi Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel of Premis 31 de desembre of Obra Cultural Balear.
- 1999: Premi Documenta de narrativa
- 2002: Premi Ciutat de Palma for Sara i Jeremies
- 2003: Premi Jocs Florals de Barcelona for El Benestar
- 2005: Premi Josep Pla de narrativa for La pell i la princesa
- 2008: Premi Carles Riba de poesia for La part visible
- 2011: Premi Sant Jordi, for Crim de sang[2]
References
change- ↑ Biografia a Escriptors.cat
- ↑ 324.cat, ed. (2011-12-21). "The Majorcan writer Sebastià Alzamora has won the 52nd Premi Sant Jordi of novel, with 60.000 euros, with the work "Crim de sang"" (in Catalan).
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