A new award is added to the career of Sebastià Alzamora (Llucmajor, 1972), already recognized with awards such as the Carles Riba, the Sant Jordi and the Jocs Florals de Barcelona, among others. But upon receiving the Josep Maria Llompart for best poetry work in Catalan for Sala Augusta, followed by Llengua materna (Proa), awarded by the Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC) within the framework of the Cavall Verd awards, the writer considers that he is the one who is added to a list of authors who, he says, he hopes not to disappoint. Miquel Martí i Pol, Vicent Andrés Estellés and Antònia Vicens, among others, have received it before him. “It gives a special thrill because those who recognize your work are your colleagues, the people with whom you share your profession,” he confesses.

The poetry book Sala Augusta, by Sebastià Alzamora, and the Catalan translation of Poesia completa, by Elizabeth Bishop, translated by Jordi Fité Salvans, have won the Cavall Verd Awards in their 43rd edition. Convened by the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language (AELC), the awards will be presented tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, as part of a program of events taking place between Palma and Santanyí.

The poetry book Sala Augusta, by Sebastià Alzamora, and the Catalan translation of Poesia completa, by Elizabeth Bishop, by Jordi Fité Salvans, have won the Cavall Verd awards in their 43rd edition. Convened by the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language (AELC), the awards will be presented tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, within the framework of a program of events that takes place between Palma and Santanyí.

"So much culture will eventually become true," Gabriel Cañellas is said to have said during his time as president of the Balearic Islands, a day when he must have discovered there was an excess of culture. He couldn't have known that his words would be prophetic and that, indeed, we would become sick of culture, especially because, for some time now, it has been agreed that everything is culture. Especially what some people like: going to restaurants is culture, trashy television is culture, looking for trouble is culture, tent parties are culture, drugs are culture, and football, of course, is culture. Bullfighting was already culture before, and when culture was invented, that wouldn't be open to discussion. Or don't you know that Picasso liked going to bullfights? We're gone, we won't talk about it.