Sebastià Alzamora i Martín (born March 6, 1972, in

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) 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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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

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''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 ''

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'' and ''

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''. Since December 2007, he is the director of the magazine ''Cultura''.

Awards

* 1994: Award Salvador Espriu by ''Rafel'' * 1996: Award

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of Premis 31 de Desembre from

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. * 1999:

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* 2002:

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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 The Carles Riba Poetry Prize ( Catalan: ''Premi Carles Riba de poesia'') is a literary prize for Catalan-language works awarded by the Edicions Proa publishing house with funding by the Catalan Encyclopedia Foundation. The winning poem is selected ...

for ''La part visible'' * 2011: Award Sant Jordi de novel·la for ''Crim de sang'' * 2022:

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for ''Ràbia''

References

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