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The Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (Catalan Literary Lifetime Achievement Award) is an award instituted by Omnium Cultural since 1969 to recognize a person by their scientific or literary work, written in
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, the importance of their work and his/her significant contribution to cultural life of the
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. The prize is awarded annually, with 30,000
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and it can't be shared between different people or declared void. The jury consists of nine broad-intellectual and is renewed by thirds every two years on a proposal from the board and the advisory bodies of Omnium Cultural. The ceremony of the Catalan Letters Lifetime Achievement Award takes place in June in the
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in Barcelona, with the presence of people from the cultural, political and social areas of the country.


List of awarded people

*1969 – Jordi Rubió i Balaguer. Historian and Bibliologist.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1887 – 1982. *1970 – Joan Oliver i Sallarès ( Pere Quart). Poet and Playwright.
Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...
, 1899 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1986. *1971 – Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas. Linguist and Editor. Ciutadella 1903 – Palma, 1991. *1972 – Salvador Espriu i Castelló. Poet, Playwright and Writer. Santa Coloma de Farners, 1913 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1985. *1973 – Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas. Poet, Writer and journalist.
Sarrià, Barcelona Sarrià () is a neighborhood in the ''Sarrià-Sant Gervasi'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its main street is Major de Sarrià. Former municipality Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and distric ...
1893 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1986. *1974 – Manuel Sanchis i Guarner. Linguist and Historian.
València Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, 1911 – 1981. *1975 – Joan Fuster i Ortells. Essayist and Poet. Sueca, 1922 – 1992. *1976 – Pau Vila i Dinarès. Geografher and educator.
Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...
, 1881 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1980. *1977 – Miquel Tarradell i Mateu. Archaeologist and Historian.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1920 – 1995. *1978 – Vicent Andrés Estellés. Poet, Writer and Journalist.
Burjassot Burjassot (; ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain. Museums The Museum of Geology at the University of Valencia is located on calle Doctor Moliner. It has several collections of geological and ...
, 1924 –
València Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, 1993. *1979 – Manuel de Pedrolo i Molina. Writer. L’Aranyó, 1918 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1990. *1980 –
Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí Merce, Mercè or Merče may refer to: People * Mercè Boada Rovira (born 1948), Catalan neurologist * Mercè Bonell (), Andorran politician * Mercè Canela (born 1956), Catalan writer and translator * Mercè Foradada (born 1947), Spanish writer * M ...
. Writer, Playwright and Poet.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1908 –
Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...
, 1983. *1981 – Josep Maria de Casacuberta i Roger. Publisher, Linguist and Historian.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1897 – 1985. *1982 – Josep M. Llompart i de la Peña. Poet, Essayist and Translator. Palma, 1925 – 1993. *1983 – Ramon Aramon i Serra. Linguist.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1907 – 2000. *1984 – Joan Coromines i Vigneaux. Linguist.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1905 –
Pineda de Mar Pineda de Mar () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Calella and Santa Susanna. The main N-II road and a RENFE railway line run through the town. The town centre has se ...
, 1997. *1985 – Marià Manent i Cisa. Poet, Writer, Literary critic and Translator.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1898 – 1988. *1986 – Pere Calders i Rossinyol. Writer and Drawer.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1912 – 1994. *1987 – Enric Valor i Vives. Linguist and Writer.
Castalla Castalla (; ) is a town located in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca of Alcoià, in the province of Alicante, Spain. Castalla is located in a mountainous area, 35 km from Alicante. Location Castalla Castle sits on a hill ove ...
, 1911 –
València Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, 2000. *1988 – Xavier Benguerel i Llobet. Poet, Playwright, Writer and Translator.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1905 – 1990. *1989 – Marià Villangómez i Llobet. Poet and Translator. Ciutat d’Eivissa, 1913 – 2002. *1990 – Miquel Batllori i Munné. Historian.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1909 – 2003. *1991 – Miquel Martí i Pol. Poet and Translator. Roda de Ter, 1929 – 2003. *1992 – Joan Triadú i Font. Educator, Poet and Literary critic.
Ribes de Freser Ribes de Freser () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia. It is situated at the confluence of the Freser, Rigard and Segadell rivers, north of Ripoll. It is known for its mineral water, paper manufactu ...
, 1921 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2010. *1993 – Tomàs Garcés i Miravet. Poet.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1901 – 1993. *1994 – Jordi Sarsanedas i Vives. Poet and Writer.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1924 – 2006. *1995 – Antoni Cayrol ( Jordi-Pere Cerdà). Poet, Writer and Playwright. Sallagosa, 1920 – Perpinyà, 2011. *1996 – Josep Benet i Morell. Historian and Publisher.
Cervera Cervera () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. The title Comte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Leonor ...
, 1920 –
Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat del Vallès () is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Vallès'' during the Second Spanish Republic, it is nam ...
, 2008. *1997 – Avel·lí Artís i Gener ( Tísner). Journalist and Writer.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1912 – 2000. *1998 – Joaquim Molas i Batllori. Historian and Literary critic.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1930 – 2015. *1999 – Josep Palau i Fabre. Poet, Writer and Art critic.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1917 – 2008. *2000 – Josep Vallverdú i Aixalà. Writer, Poet, Playwright, Linguist and Educator.
Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...
, 1923. *2001 – Teresa Pàmies i Bertran. Writer.
Balaguer Balaguer () is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebro. The municipality includes an exclave to the east. Balaguer also has a sister city ...
, 1919 –
Granada Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
, 2012. *2002 – Josep Maria Espinàs i Massip. Writer, Journalist and Publisher.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1927. *2003 – Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit. Linguist.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1920 – 2014. *2004 –
Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà (born December 3, 1939, in Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish writer, Anthropology, anthropologist and Sociology, sociologist. He is an honorary member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana and President of ...
. Writer, Translator, Anthropologist and Sociologist.
València Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, 1939. *2005 – Feliu Formosa i Torres. Poet, Translator and Playwright.
Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...
, 1934. *2006 –
Josep Termes i Ardèvol Josep Termes i Ardèvol (1936 in Barcelona – 2011) was a Catalan historian. Biography Josep Termes i Ardèvol was born in the same month and year as the Spanish Civil War broke out, in a working-class environment, to whose memory he always wish ...
. Historian.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1936 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2011. *2007 – Baltasar Porcel i Pujol. Writer, Playwright, Journalist and Literary critic.
Andratx Andratx () is a municipality on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, along the Mediterranean east coast of Spain. It is located on the western tip of the island. Port d'Andratx, located a few miles south of Andratx, is an exclusive resort. His ...
, 1937 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2009. *2008 – Montserrat Abelló i Soler. Poet and Translator.
Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...
, 1918 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2014. *2009 –
Joan Solà i Cortassa Joan Solà Cortassa ( Bell-lloc d'Urgell, 10 January 1940 — Barcelona, 27 October 2010) was a Spanish linguist and philologist. He was professor of Catalan language and literature at the University of Barcelona from 1984 onwards, and vice pre ...
. Linguist.
Bell-lloc d'Urgell Bell-lloc d'Urgell () is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy ...
, 1940 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2010. *2010 – Jaume Cabré i Fabré. Writer, Screenwriter and Playwright.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1947. *2011 – Albert Manent i Segimon. Philologist, Historian and Writer.
Premià de Dalt Premià de Dalt () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Cataloni ...
, 1930 –
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 2014. *2012 – Josep Massot i Muntaner. Philologist, Historian and Publisher.
Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...
, 1941. *2013 – Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. Playwright and Screenwriter.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1940 – Lleida, 2020. *2014 – Ramon Pelegero i Sanchis (Raimon). Poet and Singer.
Xàtiva Xàtiva (; ) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right (western) bank of the river Albaida and at the junction of the Valencia, Spain, Valencia–Murcia and Valencia Albacete railways. It is located 25 km ...
, 1940. *2015 – Joan Veny i Clar. Linguist and Dialectologist. Campos (Majorca), 1932. *2016 – Maria Antònia Oliver i Cabrer. Writer and Translator.
Manacor Manacor () is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the second-largest town in Mallorca, after the capi ...
, 1946. *2017 –
Isabel-Clara Simó Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language. Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in ...
. Writer, Playwright and Journalist.
Alcoi Alcoy (; ; officially: / ) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 r ...
, 1943 – Barcelona, 2020. *2018 –
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 ...
. Writer.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1952. *2019 – Marta Pessarrodona. Writer and Translator.
Terrassa Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Te ...
, 1941. *2020 – Enric Casasses. Poet.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, 1951. *2021 – Maria Barbal. Writer.
Tremp Tremp () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (), accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the ''comarca''. The mun ...
, 1949. *2022 –
Antònia Vicens Antònia Vicens i Picornell (born 1941) is a Majorcan writer in the Catalan language. She is a recipient of the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la prize and the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes. Biography Antònia Vicens i Picornell was born on ...
. Writer.
Santanyí Santanyí () is a municipality on the Spain, Spanish island of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, situated in the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea. This municipality in the southeast of Majorca is home to the towns of Santanyí, Cal ...
, 1941


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Web oficial del Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes
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Web oficial d'Òmnium Cultural