Sebastià Alzamora i Martín
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Sebastià Alzamora i Martín (born March 6, 1972, in Llucmajor, Majorca)[http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/alzamoras/pagina.php?id_sec=1922 Biography at Escriptors.cat] 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 philology 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).{{Cite web|url=https://sohopress.com/books/blood-crime/|title=Blood Crime {{!}} Soho Press|website=sohopress.com|access-date=2016-08-29}}
As a columnist, he writes in Catalan language newspapers Avui and Ara. 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 for Sara i Jeremies
- 2003: Award Jocs Florals de Barcelona for El Benestar
- 2005: Award Josep Pla de narrativa for La pell i la princesa
- 2008: Carles Riba Poetry Prize for La part visible
- 2011: Award Sant Jordi de novel·la for Crim de sang{{cite web |url= http://www.ccma.cat/324/Lescriptor-mallorqui-Sebastia-Alzamora-ha-guanyat-el-52e-Premi-Sant-Jordi-de-novella-dotat-amb-60000-euros-amb-lobra-Crim-de-sang/noticia/1517192/ |title= L'escriptor mallorquí Sebastià Alzamora ha guanyat el 52è Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la, dotat amb 60.000 euros, amb l'obra "Crim de sang" |author= |date= December 21, 2012|website= www.324.cat|publisher= CCMA |access-date=April 8, 2015}}
- 2022: Òmnium Prize for Ràbia{{Cite web |last=Rubio |first=Carlota |date=26 January 2023 |title='Ràbia' de Sebastià Alzamora, Premi Òmnium a la Millor Novel·la de l'Any 2022 |trans-title='Ràbia' by Sebastià Alzamora, Òmnium Prize for Best Novel of the Year 2022 |url=https://www.nuvol.com/llibres/rabia-de-sebastia-alzamora-premi-omnium-a-la-millor-novel-la-de-any-2022-301663 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=Núvol |language=ca}}
References
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External links
- The author at the [http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/alzamoras/pagina.php?id_sec=2007 web page] of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
- [http://www.joanducros.net/corpus/Sebasti%88%20Alzamora.html Information about the author] {{in lang|ca}}
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Category:Catalan-language writers