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Antònia Vicens i Picornell, MERIST RECOGNITION 2022

This Tuesday 7 of May the writer of Santanyí Antònia Vicens i Picornell, Honor Award of Catalan Letters, has received the Recognition of Merit 2022 of the Municipal School of Mallorca in the hands of the mayor of the city of Manacor, Michael Oliver.

The Recognition of Merits is an award granted since 1976 by the Municipal School of Majorcan. Its objective is to recognize people or groups that in one way or another have promoted, protected and transmitted the linguistic and cultural legacy of the Catalan language.

Award ceremony

The handover ceremony took place on Tuesday 7 May at the Municipal Theater of Manacor. It has been an emotional but simple act that began with the performance of the actors Maria Antònia Salas and Joan Toni Sunyer, accompanied by Damià Timoner on guitar. How could it be otherwise?, Words and poetry have been the main protagonists of the event along with the award-winning.

In his speech, Vicens has highlighted the importance that the word has had for her since she was little and has spoken about her desire to study Catalan over the years. 60. In his speech he also thanked the role of the Escola Municipal de Mallorquí in promoting Catalan culture and language in Mallorca..

The event was also attended by Sebastià Portell, president of the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language; as well as the editor of Vicens, Esther Andorrà and the writer originally from Manacor Magdalena Gelabert, among other important figures of language and literature in Mallorca.

Antònia Vicens i Picornell was chosen to obtain the award at the Plenary Session of the Escola de Mallorquí of the Manacor City Council at the proposal of the teaching staff for her commitment to the Catalan language and her important role in the dissemination of Catalan in the production sector. literary.

 

By Maite Vallejo

 

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