Lecture: Llompart. Jaume C. Pons Alorda

Josep Maria Llompart (Palma de Mallorca, 1925–2013)
Law graduate. He was deputy editor of Papeles de Son Armadans, literary advisor to Editorial Moll, and chief editor of the magazine Lluc. He served as president of the Obra Cultural Balear and the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language. He stood out for his critical work and studies on literature.
His poetic work brought a renewing tone to the Mallorcan School, the starting point of his Poemes de Mondragó; later, he embraced a form of historical realism with ironic nuances, and evolved toward experimentation and formalism with works such as Mandràgola, which won the Serra d’Or Critics Prize (1981), and La capella dels dolors i altres poemes, awarded the Lletra d’Or (1982). He also published essays, such as the collection Països Catalans i altres reflexions. He received the Madrid National Critics Award (1981), the Catalan Letters Honorary Award (1982), and the Cross of St. George from the Government of Catalonia (1982).

Jaume Cristòfol Pons Alorda (Caimari, Mallorca, 1984)
Curator of the Llompart Year.
Writer, translator, editor, and creative writing teacher. He holds a degree in English Philology from the University of the Balearic Islands, a Master’s in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Master’s in English Language Teaching from the same university, and a Master’s in Cultural Management from the Open University of Catalonia.

He has developed an intense career as a poet, with seventeen published poetry collections, among which stand out Tots els sepulcres (LaBreu Edicions, Barcelona 2015), part of his most representative poetic trilogy; Era (LaBreu Edicions, Barcelona 2018); Riu, bèstia (Lleonard Muntaner Editor, Palma 2021); and Mil súmmums (AdiA Edicions, Calonge 2022).