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.