The jury emphasized its work for the valorization of minority languages in Italy and its connection with the promotion and use of Friulà in all areas of communication. He was Vice President of the NPLD, the European Network of Language Minorities based in Brussels. The jury also appreciated the knowledge and attention that has dedicated to our linguistic reality and the involvement of initiatives arising in the territories of the Catalan language.
The prize, endowed with 6,000 eurosconvene annually and jointly by the Ramon Llull Foundation and the Congress Foundation of Catalan Culture. This recognition aims to evaluate the individual work of a person from outside the linguistic domain, written in any language, and which has meant a significant knowledge of the Catalan historical and cultural reality, or an institution outside the linguistic domain that has been dedicated to the promotion of the Catalan language and culture in his country, in modality a); Or the theoretical or practical contribution of a person from any country who has meant an important contribution to the knowledge, recognition, promotion or defense of one or more cultures and nations without state, or of cultural diversity as universal value, in modality B).
This year, the jury was formed by Agustí Alcoberro, Carles Duarte, Teresa Férriz and Jaume Subirana, by the Congress Foundation of Catalan Culture; and Teresa Colom, Jordi Ginebra, Maria Josep Cuenca, and Joan Sans by the Ramon Llull Foundation.
This award was first given in 1986 to Anglo-Catalan Society, and in recent editions the awardees were l‘Association française des catalanistes (2024), Dominic Keown (2023), Mary Ann Newman (2022), Joseph Lo Bianco (2021), Ko Tazawa (2019), Christer Laurén (2018), Jon Landaburu (2017), Kathryn Woolard (2016) and Philip D. Rasico (2015).
The prize will be presented at a ceremony to be held in December in Andorrawhere the Ramon Llull Awards will also be announced in the categories of literary translation and international promotion of Catalan creation.
x02z14
