Literary awards given in Barcelona
A large number of literary, cultural and editorial awards are announced and presented every year in Barcelona in recognition of poetry, fiction or plays, as well as translations, publishers, book shops or public figures who help support, promote and publicise local and international literature and culture.
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D'HONOR DE LES LLETRES CATALANES
In 1969, the civic and cultural organisation Òmnium Cultural founded the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes to be presented to a person who, "for his/her literary or scientific work, written in Catalan, and for the importance and exemplariness of the intellectual work, has made a notable and continued contribution to the cultural life of the Catalan Countries". The award ceremony is held every year at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
DE LA CRÍTICA
The Spanish Association of Literary Critics established these awards in 1956 and they are presented every year to poetry and fiction published over the previous year in the four official languages of Spain. Since 2002, the Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana has been responsible for coordinating the Premios de la Crítica Catalana awards.
DOCUMENTA
Awarded by the book shop Documenta since 1980, and in collaboration with l’Altra Editorial since 2013, the Documenta award for Catalan prose fiction is presented every year to literary prose by an author aged under thirty five. Toni Sala (1996), Sebastià Alzamora and Vicenç Pagès (1998), Pau Vidal (2002) and Alícia Kopf (2015) are some of the award winners.