The awards, set to be presented on February 11, honored Samanta Schweblin in the Spanish Language Literature category for her book El buen mal. The jury praised the novel's ability to maintain constant narrative tension and its unsettling atmosphere.
“"a catalogue about environmental gloom and discomfort with a series of narratively splendid stories."
In Catalan Literature, the award went to Joan Todó for La dolçor de viure (laBreu Edicions), which the jury defined as the author's best collection of short stories. The Music award was given to El Petit de Cal Eril.
Artist Antoni Muntadas was distinguished for his project Tigre de Tasmània: estudi de cas del Museu de l'Extinció, which was praised for its “excellence in the hybridization between artistic practice and scientific research.” The urbanization project of Plaça de les Glòries won the Architecture and Urbanism prize.
Other notable winners include historian Neus Moran for her essay L'espoli general, and translator Arnau Pons for his Catalan translation of La Rosa de Ningú by Paul Celan. Scientific categories recognized Arnau Sebé-Pedrós in life sciences and the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in environmental sciences.
