Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Joan Fuster i Ortells was an influential Spanish writer. He is considered a major writer in the Valencian language, and his work contributed to reinvigorate left-wing, pro-Catalan nationalism in Valencia during the Spanish transition to democracy. In his influential political essay Nosaltres, els valencians (1962) he coined the term Països Catalans to refer to the Catalan-speaking territories.
Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Spanish poet.
The University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca. The university is funded by the autonomous Government of the Balearic Islands.
Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel was a Spanish Balearic poet, who wrote in Catalan.
Joan Vinyoli i Pladevall was a Catalan poet, born in Barcelona, Spain.
The Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium consisting of the Generalitat de Catalunya,, the Govern de les Illes Balears and the Ajuntament de Barcelona. Its purpose is to project and disseminate abroad Catalan language and culture in all of its forms of expression. To do this, the Institut Ramon Llull provides support for external relations in the cultural ambit of its member organisations.
Josep Palau i Fabre was a Spanish Catalan poet and writer. He was a representative of Catalan literature during the post-World War period and a world expert on the work of Pablo Picasso.
The Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes is an award instituted by Omnium Cultural since 1969 to recognize a person by their scientific or literary work, written in Catalan language, the importance of their work and his/her significant contribution to cultural life of the Catalan Countries.
Llucia Ramis i Laloux is a Catalan language journalist and writer. She studied journalism at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and has worked in different media, including the newspaper Diario de Mallorca, the literary magazine Quimera, COM Ràdio, Rac1 and the Catalan edition of El Mundo newspaper. In El Mundo she publishes the column Plexiglàs of the Tendències supplement.
Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío, also known as José María Castellet, was a Spanish Catalan writer, poet, literacy critic, publisher and editor.
Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich is a Spanish poet and writer in the Catalan language. She has lived in Sitges since 2001.
Vicent Andrés Estellés was a Spanish journalist and poet. He is considered one of the main renovators of modern Valencian poetry, with a similar role to that of Ausiàs March or Joan Roís de Corella in earlier periods.
Sebastià Alzamora i Martín is a writer, literary critic and cultural manager from Majorca. Self-proclaimed member of the poetic group called Imparables ("Unstoppable")
Llorenç Villalonga i Pons was a Balearic writer and psychiatrist. While he progressed in his medicine studies, Villalonga traveled to France, Barcelona and Murcia. He gained experience in psychiatry during his stay in France.
The Ramon Llull Award is an honor awarded annually by the Government of the Balearic Islands to persons or entities of the Balearic Islands that have excelled in any field. It was established in 1997 by Decree 3/2014.
Miquel Bauçà Rosselló was a Mallorcan poet and writer in the Catalan language. His poems have appeared in most contemporary Catalan poetry anthologies. He was recognized as a talented poet from a young age with Una bella història (1962). Bauçà wrote poetry and narrative work, contained in the publication of El Canvi (1998), the highlight of his work and the beginning of a poetic-encyclopedic project that deepened his later works. He died in late 2004, in solitude; his body was discovered in early 2005.
Maria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll was a Mallorcan poet and translator, and the sister of the politician Antoni Salvà i Ripoll and the painter Francesc Salvà Ripoll. She was the first female poet in the Catalan language.
