Jordi Cuixart, former president of Ã’mnium Cultural, will be honored this 2023 with the Cross of Sant Jordi awarded by the Generalitat. For Cuixart, the Government highlights his work in social activism and the defense of Catalan culture, as well as civil rights and democracy. The one who was leader of the entity between 2015 and 2022 “was a key figure in favor of the right to freely and peacefully express political ideas within the framework of Catalonia’s right to self-determination”, according to the Executive. Catalan.
The award ceremony will take place at the beginning of July, the Government spokeswoman, PatrÃcia Plaja, announced yesterday. The Catalan Cabinet has agreed to the Creu de Sant Jordi for 20 personalities and 10 entities, among which the one awarded to Sopa de Cabra for his “notorious contribution to Catalan musical culture” also stands out. Also to the musician Jaume Sisa and the Sónar festival. Of the first, the Generalitat emphasizes his “primary contribution to Catalan musical culture” and his work as one of the most outstanding contemporary singer-songwriters.
Also, the film director Agustà Villaronga has been honored posthumously. The Mallorcan, who died on January 22, directed around fifty films, of which the adaptation of the novel Incerta glòria, by Joan Sales, or Pa negre, by Emili Teixidor, stand out.
Self-taught, Viladecans has also stood out for his contributions to posters and has illustrated outstanding works of Catalan literature, such as texts by Salvador Espriu and Miquel Martà i Pol, and stories by Edgar Allan Poe, in addition to the essay by Jaume Sobrequés Catalonia. History of a nation.
The list of 20 awarded personalities is as follows: social activist Vicki Bernadet; researcher Dolors Bramon; the writer Maria Zoraida Burgos; the basketball player and coach Francesc Buscató; shipowner Joana Costa; activist Jordi Cuixart; the psychologist Edelmira Domènech; the philologist and educator Ignasi Garcia; the lawyer and writer Antoni Gelonch; the painter and sculptor Antoni Miró; neighborhood activist Custòdia Moreno; the survivor of the Lleva del Biberó Miquel Morera; the social integrator Bombo Ndir; the archaeologist Xavier Nieto; the actress Julieta Serrano; singer-songwriter Jaume Sisa; the singer Maria de Carme Valls; the painter Joan-Pere Viladecans; the ceramist Josefina Vilajosana, and the film director Agustà Villaronga.
The 10 distinguished organizations are: the Raiers Cultural Association of Ribera del Segre; the Casino in the Center of l’Hospitalet de Llobregat; the recreational and educational Casino of Amposta; the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Catalonia (FCAC); the Sónar Festival; the Vozes Private Foundation; the Tot Raval Foundation; L’Estaquirot Theatre; the El Progrés Choral Society, and Goat Soup.
