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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LLETRA D’OR
With no funding from or link to any institution or publishing group, the Lletra d'Or award has been presented every year since 1956 to the best book published in Catalan during the previous year. The award is a letter phi in Greek gold work made by the jeweller Manuel Capdevila. It has been presented to authors such as Salvador Espriu (1956), Josep Pla (1957), Josep Carner (1958), Josep Vicenç Foix (1961), Gabriel Ferrater (1967), Joan Vinyoli (1974), Pere Gimferrer (1978), Blai Bonet (1988) and Quim Monzó (2000).
LLIBRES ANAGRAMA
In 2014, the publishing house Anagrama created the "Llibres Anagrama" collection in Catalan and has presented the Llibres Anagrama award since 2016 for novels written in the Catalan language. Albert Forns and Anna Ballbona were the winners of the first award.
LLIBRETER
Announced by the Gremi de Llibreters, the Llibreter award has been presented since the year 2000 in recognition of the best fictional work published during the previous year. Since 2010, the award has been divided into the categories of "Catalan Literature", "Other literatures" and "Illustrated Album".