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communist and non-separatist, a catalogue of Julián Grau Santos. Various interviews and reviews of Jaume Plensa that all nearly say the same but reflect the different newspapers of Madrid and Barcelona. A diary of Raúl Rivero, who talks about Edwards, José Alfredo Jiménez and Yolanda Pantin. An interview with Magnus Carlsen. The centenary of Carmen Amaya, who died in the Ruber Clinic and was shrouded by my friend the painter Yuste. The mystery of a branch of the Pompidou in Málaga. News about Lo que mueve el mundo (What Moves The World) at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid, music by Wim Martens and text by Kirmen Uribe. Declarations by Alice Munro, Nobel Prize for Literature. Interview with Juan Barja, talking about the problems of the Fine Arts Circle in Madrid. Information about the book Joyce en París o el arte de vender el Ulises (Joyce in Paris, or the Art of Selling Ulysses ) published by Gallo Nero. Interview with Javier Krahe about his work Las diez de últimas . Commentary on Ramón Barea, winner of the National Theatre Prize. Confessions of another National Prize winner, César Mallorquí, for Children’s Literature. Two pages on punk and its European connections. A text about Jaume Sisa. ‘Art repeats itself to death’ say the Chapman brothers in another opinion- studded piece. A piece in ABC by Julio Pomés ‘Freedom promotes wealth’. A reply by Yves Bonnefoy, FIL Prize for literature ‘Can you imagine being prisoners of a single language?; the poet and translator comments on the uniqueness of each language. More venting from other National Prize winners: Juan Mayorga, Carmen Calvo, and so on. IV National Prizes . It’s not about finding solutions to please everyone, but rather about finding criteria that fit our cultural outlook: what there really is out there. At least, the National Culture Prizes this year have drawn attention for one reason or another and have had a bizarre, worrying and decisive impact. Why do we have a Prize for Dramatic Literature and another for Theatre? To Juan Mayorga for his piece La lengua en pedazos (The Language in Pieces), about Teresa de Jesús and Libro de mi vida (Book of My Life). Ramón Barea wins the Theatre Prize, for acting, authoring or promoting? Carmen Calvo wins the National Art Prize. In a piece in El Mundo , after giving her thanks, she criticises the current situation: ‘We should completely change a law that is causing a total throwback Jaume Plensa en foto de archivo. © Llei d’Art 35