The Majorcan poet and narrator Carles Rebassa (Palma, 1977), won the Sant Jordi prize with Prometeu de mil maneres(Univers), a book that shows the violence of the world of work and, at the same time, a tempestuous relationship that ends in tragedy. It is the second novel by the writer and poet, who in 2016 debuted in narrative with Eren ells (Angle) and in 2018 already won the Carles Riba prize for poetry with Sons bruts.

Colleague Carles Rebassa, winner of the Sant Jordi Prize for the novel Prometheus in a thousand ways, he tweeted: "I don't know what's going on. More than a week after Sant Jordi's Day, not a single institutional representative, from Barcelona or Mallorca, has congratulated me. What's going on?"

Catalan literature received a healthy dose of self-esteem yesterday, which will carry it proudly at least until Sant Jordi's Day. The Night of Catalan Letters brought together a large institutional contingent at the National Museum of Catalonia—including the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa; the Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Jaume Collboni; and former President Jordi Pujol, among many others, and the absence of the PP, Vox, and Aliança Catalana parties—as well as representatives from the publishing sector, from major groups (Planeta, Penguin Random House, and Abacus Futur) and independent publishers such as L'Altra and La Segona Cultura. A successor to the Night of Saint Lucy, the gala was broadcast live on TV3, placing it, in terms of scale and scope, on par with the Gaudí Awards ceremony. The evening's deluge of accolades was largely theatrical and, above all, marked by a Mallorcan accent. One of the star awards of the gala, the Sant Jordi, went to Carles Rebassa (Palma, 1977) for Prometheus in a thousand waysThis is the second novel by the writer and poet, who in 2016 debuted in narrative with It was them (Angle) and in 2018 he already won Carles Riba of poetry with Dirty sounds"I'm delighted to have won these two prizes; it means participating in a tradition and giving it a place in the present and a hope for its continuation," Rebassa stated. The writer has a very long career and has received numerous awards, especially for his poetry, such as the Ausiàs March and Gabriel Ferrater prizes.

Many of us have the image of Tísner on his head: that eye patch, that pear-shaped beard, that friendliness. We've seen him in some television interviews, we know he was the brother-in-law of Pere Calders –with whom he had gone into exile in Mexico– and also that he did the crossword puzzle of The Vanguard before Màrius Serra, but... what do we know about Tísner the writer? At most, that he is the author of Words of Opóton the Elder, his best-known novel, an alternate history in which the Aztec emperor Moctezuma conquers Europe; but this is not the only book he wrote.

"I love you and this is a cry for help. I love you and that is a let's do it together, please". These are the two opening sentences of We dreamed of an island, the novel with which Roc Casagran (Sabadell, 1980) has won the 2024 Sant Jordi Award. These are phrases that give an indication of what the novel will be like: they establish the narrative and stylistic coordinates – a realism with poetic tones –, they mark its ethical and ideological orientation – in humanism with utopian echoes – and on the surface.

Roc Casagran (Sabadell, 1980) has been publishing books for more than half his life. He debuted as a poet with The streets of the factories (Vienna, 2002), thanks to the Martí Dot award from Sant Feliu, and 22 years later – during which he has published fifteen more titles – he has received the Sant Jordi award thanks to We dreamed of an island, published this week by Univers and Òmnium. The novel is the first-person account of a documentary filmmaker, Carla, who addresses her partner, Óscar, at a delicate moment in his life: mourning for the death of his mother. This is the starting point of a story that intertwines the intimacy of three generations of the same family and explores stories and anecdotes from various islands that are thematically or metaphorically connected to the narrative material of the book.