Sebastià Alzamora i Martín (born March 6, 1972, in
Llucmajor
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There are sixteen urban settlements in the municipality, including the town of Llucmajor and the coastal areas of s'Arena ...
,
Majorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
) is a writer, literary critic and cultural manager from Majorca. He is a self-proclaimed member of the poetic group called
Imparables ("Unstoppables").
Biography
Sebastià has a degree in
Catalan
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Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
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* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
philology
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from
Universitat de les Illes Balears, and became known with collection of poems ''Rafel'' (1994; Premi Salvador Espriu). He has also published ''Apoteosi del cercle'' (1997), ''Mula morta'' (2001) and ''El benestar'' (2003).
As a writer, 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 is the author of the essay about
Gabriel Janer Manila ''L'escriptura del Foc'' (1998). He also participated in ''Imparables, Una antologia'' (2004) and he has published with
Hèctor Bofill and
Manuel Forcano ''Dogmàtica Imparable'' (2005). His novel ''Crim de sang'' has been published in English as ''Blood Crime'' (Soho Press, 2016).
As a columnist, he writes in Catalan language newspapers ''
Avui
''Avui'' (, meaning "Today" in English) was a Catalan daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, in Catalonia. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was Catalan nationalist.
History and profile
''Avui' ...
'' and ''
Ara
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Media and the arts
* American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
* '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia
* Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Aca ...
''. Since December 2007, he is the director of the magazine ''Cultura''.
Awards
* 1994: Award Salvador Espriu by ''Rafel''
* 1996: Award
Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel of
Premis 31 de Desembre from
Obra Cultural Balear.
* 1999:
Award Documenta de narrativa
* 2002:
Award Ciutat de Palma de novel·la by ''Sara i Jeremies''
* 2003: Award
Jocs Florals de Barcelona by ''El Benestar''
* 2005:
Award Josep Pla de narrativa by ''La pell i la princesa''
* 2008:
Award Carles Riba de poesia by ''La part visible''
* 2011:
Award Sant Jordi de novel·la, by ''Crim de sang''
References
External links
* The author at th
web pageof the
Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (, "Association of Writers in the Catalan Language", or "Association of Catalan-Language Writers"), also known by the acronym AELC, is a professional organisation of authors, poets, scriptwriters, tra ...
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Catalan-language writers
Catalan-language poets
1972 births
Living people