He has always been multifaceted: poet, narrator, playwright, reciter, biologist, journalist, literary prescriber, creator and director of the Mediterranean Poetry Festival, eternal activist for various causes. Biel Mesquida received last Monday, June 8, in the incomparable setting of the Palau de la Música, in Barcelona, the Honor Award for Catalan Literature, awarded by Òmnium Cultural. This Mallorcan, born in Castelló in 1947, began his career in 1973 with L’adolescent de sal, banned for two years by censorship. He has just published a new poetry collection at La Breu, Trast.

Anna Starobinets, Mariana Enriquez, Zülfü Livanelli, Remedios Zafra, Empar Moliner, Laura Fernández, Roser Cabré-Verdiell, Christina Rosenvinge and Núria Cadenes will be some of the participants in the second edition of La Coma, Festival of Contemporary Literature and Thought. A literary event that is consolidated after the success of the first edition in 2025, this year with 25 proposals for activities and incorporating an extra day into the program. It will be on May 6, 7, 8, and 9 at Es Baluard Museu and Casa Llorenç Villalonga.

Well, look, my name is Agustina Oliveras Calsina. I was born... wait for it...! On September 10, 1942. I was born in the countryside. But we didn't live like farmers at home. My father, since farming wasn't enough to make a living, immediately bought a truck and transported the bricklayers. He'd done this all his life.