Sebastià Alzamora (Llucmajor, Mallorca, 1972). Writer, literary critic, and cultural manager.

With a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of the Balearic Islands (1995), he combines literary creation with academic tasks and cultural management. He appeared on the Catalan literary scene at an early age as a solid and daring voice, at once innovative and also drawing on classical sources. His works tend to portray a society in decline where the characters express their existential doubts. Together with Hèctor Bofill and Manuel Forcano, he is part of a core group of his generation known as “The Unstoppables” and, with these two authors, he published the programmatic essay Dogmàtica imparable: Abandoneu tota esperança (2005).

He first became known with the collection of poems Rafel (1994), after which he published, among other titles, Apoteosi del cercle (1997), Mula morta (2001), El benestar (2003), La part visible (2009), and Sala Augusta seguit de Llengua Materna (2025). Part of his poetic work has also been published in jointly authored anthologies, among them Imparables (2004). His fiction titles include L’extinció (1999), Sara i Jeremies (2002), La pell i la princesa (2005), Nit de l’ànima (2007), Crim de sang (2012), Dos amics de vint anys (2013), La Malcontenta (2015), Reis del món (2020), Ràbia (2022), and El Federal (2024). He has also published the essay Gabriel Janer Manila: L’escriptura del foc (1998), and has short stories published in several collective volumes. Sebastià Alzamora has been awarded many prizes for his work, which is also translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Hebrew, and Slovenian.

Besides his fictional work, he writes on a regular basis in various media outlets as well as in scientific and cultural journals, including Serra d’Or, Lluc, El Mirall, El Temps, Avui, Diari de Balears, Diario de Mallorca, El Singular Digital, and Catalunya Ràdio.

He is a member of the Associació Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Catalan Language Writers – AELC).

Web page: Guillem Molla for per AELC.
Photographs: ©Jordi Garcia, ©Ernest Albentín, ©José Mª de Llobet.
Translation: Julie Wark.