The Maria Àngels Anglada Prize (in Catalan: ''Premi de Narrativa Maria Àngels Anglada''; ) is a Catalan

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, given annually by the ''Institut Ramon Muntaner'' ("Ramon Muntaner Secondary School"), in

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(Spain), with the aim of contributing to the promotion of

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, reaffirming the civic and cultural projection of the school and extolling the memory of the writer

Maria Àngels Anglada Maria Àngels Anglada was a Catalan people, Catalan poet and novelist. She was born in Vic, Spain, Vic, Spain, in 1920. She received a degree in Classical Philology at the University of Barcelona. Her first novel, ''Les Closes (The Enclosures)'' ...

(

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, 1930 -

, 1999), ex-professor of the centre. The award has the support of the Geli-Anglada family and the sponsorship of the ''Ajuntament de Figueres'' ("Figueres City Council") and the ''Diputació de

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'' ("Girona Provincial Council"), as well as the collaboration of the ''Consell Comarcal de l'

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'' ("Alt Empordà County Council").

Winners

* 2004: Emili Teixidor: ''Pa negre'' * 2005: Carme Riera: ''La meitat de l'ànima'' * 2006: Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff: ''Les amnèsies de Déu'' * 2007: Imma Monsó: ''Un home de paraula'' * 2008:

Quim Monzó Joaquim Monzó i Gómez (born 15 March 1952), also known as Quim Monzó (), is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern ...

: ''Mil cretins'' * 2009:

Joan Francesc Mira Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters ** Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), patron saint of France *Joan (surname) Art and media * ''Joan'' (Alexander McQueen ...

: ''El professor d'història'' * 2010: Màrius Carol: ''L'home dels pijames de seda'' * 2011:

Sergi Pàmies Sergi Pàmies (; born 28 January 1960) is a Spanish writer, translator, journalist and television and radio presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa Pàmies and the former general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, Greg ...

: ''La bicicleta estàtica'' * 2012:

Jaume Cabré Jaume Cabré i Fabré (; born 1947) is a Catalan philologist, novelist and screenwriter. He was one of the founders of the Catalan literary collective, '' Ofèlia Dracs''. He was born in Terrassa. He graduated in Catalan Philology from the Univ ...

: ''Jo confesso'' * 2013:

Lluís Llach Lluís Llach i Grande (; born 7 May 1948) is a Spanish Catalan singer-songwriter, novelist and politician. He is one of the main representatives of the '' nova cançó'' genre and an outspoken advocate of the right to self-determination of Cat ...

: ''Memòria d'uns ulls pintats'' * 2014: Rafel Nadal: ''Quan en dèiem xampany'' * 2015:

Vicenç Pagès Vicenç Pagès i Jordà (14 December 1963 – 27 August 2022) was a Catalan writer and literary critic.
GEC: Vicenç ...

: ''Dies de frontera'' * 2016: Teresa Colom: ''La senyoreta Keaton i altres bèsties'' * 2017: Pep Puig: ''La vida sense la Sara Amat'' * 2018: Tina Vallès: ''La memòria de l'arbre'' * 2019:

Joan-Lluís Lluís Joan-Lluís Lluís (Perpignan, 1963) is a Catalan writer. His works include five novels and a collection of essays entitled ''Conversa amb el meu gos sobre França i els francesos'' (Conversation with my Dog about France and the French, 2002). Th ...

: ''Jo soc aquell que va matar Franco'' * 2020: Irene Solà: ''Canto jo i la muntanya balla'' * 2021: Miquel Martín Serra: ''La drecera'' * 2022: Alba Dalmau: ''Amor i no'' * 2023: Ferran Garcia: ''Guilleries''

References

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Awards established in 2004 2004 establishments in Spain