Sebastià Alzamora, Núria Perpinyà and Raül Garrigasait, Crítica Serra d'Or 2026 awards

BarcelonaIn an event held in Montserrat, the winners of the 60th edition of the Crítica Serra d'Or awards were announced this Wednesday. Núria Perpinyà received the award for best novel with El cos invisible; Raül Garrigasait for essay with La roca i l'aire. Art i religió de Llull a Tàpies, and Sebastià Alzamora for poetry with Sala Augusta. And the award for best translation went to Anna Casassas for the translation of Germinal, by Émile Zola.

As reported by ACN, after receiving the award, Núria Perpinyà defined El cos invisible as “a tribute to what is not seen”. Raül Garrigasait explained that the essay La roca i l'aire captures a recurring idea that “what is furthest away is what is closest to us and what is closest to us are the deepest roots”. And Sebastià Alzamora, in a speech marked by emotion, dedicated the award to the memory of Josep Piera, as well as to all the dead who inhabit his poetry collection, among whom are the victims of fascism, “both yesterday's and today's”. Alzamora warned of the danger of the return of “old dragons” that threaten poetry, art, democracy, and the Catalan language, and advocated for the need to defend words and language as a space “of resistance and memory”.

In children's literature, the award went to Cartes imprevistes, with text by Tina Vallès and illustrations by Mercè Galí; and in young adult literature, Només el vent, by Raimon Portell. The Crítica Serra d'Or Coneixements award recognized Canta-me’n una! Canta-me’n dues, compiled by Miqui Giménez, with texts by Vanesa Amat and illustrations by Maria Girón. The best comic award was won by Weimar. Temps incerts, by Txuss Martin, Pau Pedragosa and Rafael Morata; and the best children's comic, És una bruixa? Mites, mentides i realitat, by Raquel Gu. 

In the field of research, David Ginard Ferón was awarded in the humanities category for Contra Franco i Falange, in the sciences category, El carro de fenc. De l’ofensiva contra la natura a un canvi de vida global, by Jaume Terradas, was recognized. The Premi Crítica Serra d’Or de Catalanística 2026 was awarded to Simone Sari, for the Italian translation of the Enchiridion Theologicum Lullianum and her work in disseminating medieval Catalan literature in Italy.

In performing arts, El amor venía en taxi, by La Cubana, has received the award for best show; and the awarded dance show has been Desdeçà by Quim Bigas, for best dance show. And the award for trajectory in performing arts has been for L'Estruch. Fàbrica de creació de les arts en viu de Sabadell.