Baltasar Porcel wins the Ramon Llull prize

The Andratx writer, Baltasar Porcel, has won the XXI Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull, of 10 million pesetas, given by the Editorial Planeta. "L'emperador o l'ull del vent", set in Mallorca and Cabrera in the middle of the XIX century, in Napoleon times, is the work by Porcel that received the prize yesterday during the dinner held at the Hotel Ars in Barcelona. The work will also be published in Spanish "El emperador o el ojo del ciclón."

Baltasar Porcel (Andratx, 1937) is one of the writers in Catalan who has received most prizes, some of which are: Josep Pla in 1969 for "Difunts sota els ametllers en flor" and the Sant Jordi in 1986 for "Les primaveres i les tardors". Since 1960 he has shared his home between Barcelona and Mallorca, although he travels all over the world, and his articles and books are followed by numerous readers.

Datum: 26/01/2001

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