What is Sebastià Alzamora i Martín?
{{Orphan|date=February 2022}} [[File:Sebasti%C3%A0_Alzamora_i_Mart%C3%ADn.jpeg|right|thumb]] '''Sebastià Alzamora i Martín''' (born in [[Mallorca]], 6 March 1972)<ref>[http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/alzamoras/pagina.php?id_sec=1922 Biografia a Escriptors.cat]</ref> is a writer and [[Literature|literary]] critic. ==Biography== Alzamora studied from [[Balearic Islands University]] with a degree in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] [[philology]]. He gained popularity after releasing a book of poetry called ''Rafel'' (1994). ''Rafel'' won the [[Premi Salvador Espriu]]. He is also the author of ''Apoteosi'' ''del Cercle'' (1997), ''Mula Morta'' (2001), and ''El Benestar'' (2003). As a [[narrator]], he has published ''L'extinció'' (1999), ''Sara i Jeremies'' (2002), ''La Pell i la Princesa'' (2005), ''Nit de L'ànima'' (2007), ''Miracle a Llucmajor'' (2010), and ''Dos Amics de Vint Anys'' (2013). He wrote an essay about [[Gabriel Janer Manila]] called ''L'escriptura del Foc'' (1998). He also helped create ''Imparables, Una antologia'' (2004), and published ''Dogmàtica Imparable'' (2005) with Héctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano. Since December 2007, he has been director of the magazine ''Cultura''. ==Awards== * 1994: Premi Salvador Espriu for ''Rafel'' * 1996: Premi [[Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel]] of [[Premis 31 de desembre]] of [[Obra Cultural Balear]]. * 1999: [[Premi Documenta de narrativa]] * 2002: [[Premi Ciutat de Palma-Llorenç Villalonga de novel·la|Premi Ciutat de Palma]] for ''Sara i Jeremies'' * 2003: Premi [[Jocs Florals de Barcelona]] for ''El Benestar'' * 2005: [[Premi Josep Pla de narrativa]] for ''La pell i la princesa'' * 2008: [[Premi Carles Riba de poesia]] for ''La part visible'' * 2011: [[Premi Sant Jordi]], for ''Crim de sang''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.324.cat/noticia/1517192/ociicultura/Lescriptor-mallorqui-Sebastia-Alzamora-ha-guanyat-el-52e-Premi-Sant-Jordi-de-novella-dotat-amb-60000-euros-amb-lobra-Crim-de-sang |title=The Majorcan writer Sebastià Alzamora has won the 52nd Premi Sant Jordi of nov