Sebastià Alzamora i Martín

Sebastià Alzamora i Martín (born in Mallorca, 6 March 1972)Biografia a Escriptors.cat is a writer and literary critic.

Biography
Alzamora studied from Balearic Islands University with a degree in Catalan philology. He gained popularity after releasing a book of poetry called Rafel (1994).  Rafel won the Premi Salvador Espriu. He is also the author of Apoteosi del Cercle (1997), Mula Morta (2001), and El Benestar (2003).

As a narrator, 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 wrote an essay about Gabriel Janer Manila called L'escriptura del Foc (1998). He also helped create Imparables, Una antologia (2004), and published Dogmàtica Imparable (2005) with Héctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano. Since December 2007, he has been director of the magazine Cultura.

Awards
 1994: Premi Salvador Espriu for Rafel
 1996: Premi Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel of Premis 31 de desembre of Obra Cultural Balear.
 1999: Premi Documenta de narrativa
 2002: Premi Ciutat de Palma for Sara i Jeremies
 2003: Premi Jocs Florals de Barcelona for El Benestar
 2005: Premi Josep Pla de narrativa for La pell i la princesa
 2008: Premi Carles Riba de poesia for La part visible
 2011: Premi Sant Jordi, for Crim de sang

References

Category:Spanish writers
Category:1972 births
Category:Living people