Special notice:
Winners of IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Announced
2010 Marks Twentieth Anniversary
March 23, Bologna, Italy….The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) today announced the winners of the 2010 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Awards. This is the 20th Anniversary of the award given by IBBY and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper company for international projects run by groups or institutions judged to be making a lasting contribution to reading for young people. The Award is given every other year to two organizations. The 2010 winners are The Osu Children’s Library Fund, Ghana, http://www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca, and Convenio de Cooperación al Plan de Lectura, Medellín, Colombia, http://bit.ly/9kSlvg.Convenio de Cooperación al Plan de Lectura is a non-profit organization that encourages reading and literary creation by means of awareness, training and research programs, including workshops, storytelling and sessions with authors and illustrators.Members of the 2010 jury are Jury President Hannelore Daubert (Germany), Anastasia Arkhipova (Russia), Nikki Gamble (Great Britain), Jehan Helou (Palestine), AhmadRedza Khairuddin (Malaysia) and James Tumusiime (Uganda).
BIOGRAPHY
1947
– Born in Barcelona, July 26th.
1955
– Serious accident. First literary incursions.
1959
– First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer.
1964
-Graduates from High School. Attends technical school at night and works during the day for a construction company.
1968
– First professional attempts in the musical field. Founder of and collaborator in El Gran Musicalradio programme (Cadena SER, Madrid). Additional collaborations with Radio Barcelona.
– Writes articles and collaborations for La Prensa in Barcelona and for Nuevo Diario in Madrid.
1969
– Correspondent for El Gran Musical in Barcelona.
1970
– Quits job and studies to work full-time as a music critic. Manages the weekly magazine Disco Express.
– Starts travelling all over the world with top musicians.
1972
– First book published: 1962-72 Historia de la Música Pop (1962-72 A History of Pop Music), the first work in its genre published in Spain and a best-seller.
– Works as an editorial adviser, collaborating, writing and founding several music magazines, such as Top Magazine and Extra.
1973
– Founds and features in Popular 1, a pioneer monthly magazine about rock.
1974
– Becomes Executive Manager of Popular 1.
– Finalist to the Ciudad de Murcia Literature Prize.
– Hosts the Semanario Informativo de la Música Pop (Pop Music Weekly News), a radio programme to be aired for four years on Barcelona’s Radio Peninsular.
1975
– Villa de Bilbao Novel Prize.
1976
– Resigns as Executive Manager of Popular 1 to devote himself to literature and travelling.
– Beginning of the musical anthology collection (biographies and history) Música de Nuestro Tiempo (Music of Our Time). Writes and publishes 24 books in the following years.
1977
– Co-founder of Super-Pop magazine, on young people’s music. Number one in Spain in its category after only a few months in print.
1978
– Finalist to the Planeta Novel Prize.
– Resigns as manager of Disco Express after 9 years.
1979
– Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize.
1981
– Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize.
– Begins publishing Historia de la Música Rock (A History of Rock Music) in 100 instalments (6 volumes) over 2 years.
1982
– First lecture circuits for primary and secondary schools around Spain, prompted by the boom in children and young people’s literature. Continues activities in schools to this day, giving more than 100 lectures a year.
1983
– Wins Gran Angular Youth Literature Prize for the second time.
1985
– Birth of the detective character Daniel Ross.
1987
– Author of the radio serial Ya es de oro (Gold Already) for Cadena SER.
1988
– Births of the literary characters Zuk-1 and Sam Numit.
– El joven Lennon (Young Lennon) remains on the young adult fiction best-seller list for 11 months.
– First books translated into Italian, German, French, Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Dutch, English, Japanese, etc. (still translated to this day).
1989
– Birth of Victor, another literary character.
– First Daniel Ross film on TV, La sombra del delator (The Shadow of the Informer), aired on March 1994 with Mario Gas and Manuel Aleixandre in the leading roles.
1990
– Vaixell de Vapor Children’s Literature Prize.
– Timun Mas begins publishing Sam Numit. A total of 6 books in 2 years.
– Designs a trivia game on rock music.
1991
– Wins the Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize for the third time in 10 years.
1992
– Wins the CCEI 1991 Best Children’s Book Prize.
– Diccionario de los Beatles (A Beatles Dictionary), first book in the world published under this concept and title.
1993
– Publishes the encyclopaedia Los grandes del Rock de la A a la Z (Rock Legends from A to Z) in Italy, titled Los mitos del rock en vivo (Live Rock Legends), 100 instalments, 5 volumes.
– Wins the Columna Prize for Young People’s Literature.
1994
– Wins the Edebé Prize for Children’s Literature with “Aydin”.
– Publishes the rock encyclopaedia Los grandes del Rock de la A a la Z (Rock Legends from A to Z) in Spain (100 instalments, 5 volumes). A dense work with 2000 major biographies and more than 1000 secondary ones.
– Ediciones SM publishes Los libros de Víctor y Compañía (Victor and Company Books), a 15-title collection, in Spain.
1995
– Publishes El diario de los Beatles (The Beatles Diary), first universal work of its genre.
– Included by the IBBY, together with 10 other authors from the 5 continents, in the organization’s first book, published in several languages.
1996
– Invited by the German Ministry of Culture to give lectures around the country.
– Marcha Films buys the TV rights of the novel El regreso de Johnny Pickup (Johnny Pickup is Back).
– Imanol Uribe, film director, buys the TV rights of the novel El tiempo del olvido (The Time of Forgetting).
– Birth of the literary character Zack Galaxy, illustrated by the comic artist Alfonso Azpiri.
– Wins the Joaquim Ruyra Prize for Young People’s Literature.
1997
– El joven Lennon (The Young Lennon) obtains the Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones SM.
– Writes script for the TV series Bajo el signo de… (Under the Sign of…).
– Invited by Mexico’s National Council for Culture and Arts to deliver lectures and seminars throughout the country.
– 25th anniversary of the publication of his first book. Party held in Barcelona.
1998
– Theatre version of the book El niño que vivía en las estrellas (The Boy Who Lived in the Stars), premiered in Madrid.
– Wins the Columna Jove Prize for Young People’s Literature for the second time.
– Wins the Vaixell de Vapor Prize for Children’s Literature for the second time.
1999
– Wins the CCEI 1998 Best Book Prize for the second time.
– Wins the A la Orilla del Viento Prize, awarded by the Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico.
– Sings (for the first time on stage) Te recuerdo Amanda (I remember you Amanda), with fellow artists, at the memorial festival for Victor Jara, held in Barcelona.
– Inauguration of official website: www.sierraifabra.com .
2000
– Film El dia del Lleó (The Day of the Lion) broadcasted on Televisió de Catalunya (Catalan Television), as part of the series Under the sign of…, with Spanish singer Llorenç Santamaría in the leading role. The film includes the song of the same title written by the actor and Jordi Sierra i Fabra.
– Conducts first videoconference hold in Spain between the author and schools in Zaragoza and Teruel.
– Chile’s Cámara del Libro invites him to give lectures and present his work around the country.
– …En un lugar llamado Tierra (…In a Place Named Earth) obtains the Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones S.M.
– The 27th IBBY Congress, hold in Colombia, asks him to give a speech about commitment with children and young people’s literature. Lectures and speeches.
– First Spanish author to upload a book on the Internet: El misterio del Goya robado (The Mistery of the Stolen Goya) an interactive novel which is also a competition for young Spanish speaking readers all over the world.
– Wins the Voces Eléctricas de Narrativa Musical Prize.
– Mi País, the children magazine of the Spanish newspaper El País, starts publishing the comic strips about the character Jorge… y el resto del mundo (George… and the rest of the world) signed by Sierra i Fabra, with illustrations by Quico Rovira.
– Noche de viernes (Friday Night) earns him a Platinum Book for its sales under Alfaguara.
– The collection of Record-Books Un país de música (A Country of Music), released by the Spanish newspaper El País, sells a million and a half copies.
2001
– Births of the Patrulla Gal·láctica 752 (Galactic Patrol 752) literary characters, published by Bruño.
– First books to be published directly by Latin American houses (Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Ecuador). Trips to Bogotá, Colombia, to deliver speeches and lessons. First non Latin American author invited to the Juego Literario de Medellín, Colombia (Medellin Literary Game).
– The interactive novel El misterio del Goya Robado (The Mistery of the Stolen Goya) reaches in six months a million and a half readers (1.509.932) from all over the world on the Internet. Second work on the net, El misterio del sello millonario (The Mystery of the Millionaire Stamp).
– La fábrica de nubes (The Factory of Clouds) gets the Silver Plate of Ediciones S. M.
– Wins the CCEI 2000 Best Book Prize or the third time.
– Monographic documentary by the Televisión Educativa Iberoamericana within
the programmeBarataria.
– Camps de maduixes, the Catalan version of Campos de fresas (Strawberry Fields) gets the Silver Plate of Editorial Cruïlla.
2002
– Wins the Premio Abril, published in the four Spanish official languages (Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician) and two dialects (Aragonés and Bable).
– Campos de fresas (Strawberry Fields) obtains a Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones S. M.
– Theatre version of Nunca seremos estrellas del rock (We Will Never Be Rock Stars) premiered in Bayonne, France.
– Trilogy El tiempo del exilio (The Time of Exile) published all over the world.
– According to the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Sierra i Fabra holds the 8th place among the authors most often read in Spanish schools. The list is as follows:
1) Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
2) Miguel Delibes
3) Benito Pérez Galdós
4) Federico García Lorca
5) Pío Baroja
6) Eduardo Mendoza
7) Gabriel García Márquez
8) Jordi Sierra i Fabra
9) Camilo José Cela
10) Leopoldo Alas Clarín
Sierra i Fabra is the only contemporary author in the list whose career is totally focused on children and young people’s literature.
2003
– Los años oscuros (The Dark Years), first part of the trilogy El tiempo del exilio (The Time of Exile), chosen among the best books of 2002 by the readers of the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia.
– Keynote speech at the first Encuentro Nacional de Animación a la Lectura (National Meeting for Reading Encouragement), held by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
– Bruño editorial starts “La Biblioteca de Jordi Sierra i Fabra”, a collection of unpublished novels with a visual and cinematographic focus.
– Campos de fresas (Strawberry Fields) is turned into a television movie produced by Fausto Producciones (La Fura dels Baus).
– Wins the Liburu Gaztea Prize for 2002 Best Book in Euzkadi for Dormido sobre los espejos(Sleeping on the Mirrors).
– Wins the Ramón Muntaner prize with a story about adolescent lesbianism, A l’altra banda del mirall (On the Other Side of the Mirror)
2004
– Theatre version of Querido hijo: estás despedido (Dear Son: You Have Been Fired) premiered in Santander.
– La biblioteca dels llibres buits, the Catalan version of La biblioteca de los libros vacíos (The Library of Empty Books) gets the Silver Plate of Editorial Cruïlla.
– Invited to the opening of the First International Fair of the Book in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Lectures and speeches.
– Wins the Nèstor Luján Prize with La pell de la revolta (The Revolution Skin).
– Fair of the Book in Quito, Ecuador. Lectures and speeches.
– International Fair in Guadalajara, México. Lectures and speeches.
– According to the Network of Spanish Libraries, Sierra i Fabra is the author most widely read among young people in Spanish Libraries.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is born in Barcelona, Spain.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation for Latin America is born in Medellín, Colombia.
– More than 7 millions books sold in Spain.
2005
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is launched.
– The film Campos de fresas (Strawberry Fields) broadcasted on Spain’s National TV.
– Ediciones SM starts the collection “Los Libros de Jordi Sierra i Fabra” (Jordi Sierra i Fabra Books).
– The Fair of Bologna, Italy, asks him to give a speech abut commitment in children and young people’s literature.
– Wins the Protagonista Jove Prize for 2004 Best Book in Catalonia for A l´altra banda del mirall(On the Other Side of the Mirror).
– First “Seminario de creación literaria” (Workshop on Literary Creation) in the Antioquia University, Medellín, Colombia. Presentation of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation for Latin America in the Bogotá Fair.
– Wins the Julio C. Coba International Prize (Ecuador) for La palabra más hermosa (The Most Beautiful Word).
– Camps de maduixes, Catalan version of Campos de fresas (Strawberry Fields) gets the Golden Plate of Editorial Cruïlla.
– Fair of the Book in Saarbrucken, Germany. Lectures and speeches.
– Nominated to the Andersen Award for Spain.
– The official Jordi Sierra i Fabra online forum is launched: www.elforo.de/foroficialjsif
– Wins the Fiter i Rossell Prize (Andorra) for Sinaia.
2006
– Wins the Edebe Prize for Young People’ Literature for Llamando a las puertas del cielo(Knocking on Heaven’s Door).
– A student of sixteen named Arturo Padilla de Juan wins the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers.
– Brazil Tour. In April, the Second Workshop on Literary Creation is hold in Medellín, Colombia, and on October and November the Third and Fourth Workshops take place in Medellín and Barranquilla respectively.
– The method for young writers La página escrita is published by the joint effort of Jordi Sierra i Fabra and SM. It will be his published book number 300.
– Invited by the Institut Ramón Llull to the Guadalajara Fair in México as a representative of Catalan culture.
– Theatre version of El soldado y la niña (The Soldier and the Baby) premiered in Olot, Spain.
– Lecture in the First Conference on Literature and Society, Valencia, Spain.
2007
– La página escrita (The Written Page) is presented in Spain. Workshops hold in several towns throughout the country.
– The 2nd edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Jara Santamaría, a student of 15 years old.
– Lectures in several towns around Catalonia about commitment in young people’s literature, sponsored by the Obra Social La Caixa.
– The Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medellín, Colombia, with the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and of Medellín’s Town Council, organises the Medellín Literary Games, which are attended by several Spanish authors along the year.
– Invited to the Language Conference in Medellín, Colombia.
– A project completed by the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Barcelona, Spain, and the Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medellín, Colombia, is selected among the best projects of 2006-2007 by IBBY and listed for the 2008 Asahi Cooperation Award.
– National Award for Children and Youngster’s Literature for Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
– Presentation of the two Foundations at the Guadalajara Fair, México. La página escrita (The Written Page) Workshop on Literary Creation delivered in the same fair.
– Bancaixa Ciutat d’Alzira Award for Young People’s Narrative for Els focs de la memoria (The Fires of Memory).
– Over 8 millions copies sold in Spain.
2008
– The 3rd edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to África Vázquez, a student of 17.
– The CD Retrato de Soledad, ópera monólogo en un acto (A Portrait of Loneliness, Monologue Opera in One Act), written by Jordi Sierra i Fabra with music by Pedro Pardo and the voice of Marta Fiol, is launched and premiered in Lleida.
– Premier of the theatre version of Nunca seremos estrellas del rock (We Will Never Be Rock Stars), a compilation of five novels by the author.
– Launching of the website www.sierraifabra.com, featuring videos and interviews.
– Invited by the Instituto Cervantes to a Symposium about Children and Young People’s Literature in New York. Opening of the Praga Fair. Opening speech at the León Fair, Spain. Special guest at the FILIJ, México. Invited by Instituto Cervantes to Lyon, France.
– 2007 annual report of the Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medellín, Colombia, including 3.090 activities (seminaries, workshops, etc.) attended by 108.860 youngsters.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is finalist for the 2008 Asahi Cooperation Award.
– Birth of the literary character Miquel Mascarell with first book of the serie, “Four days in january”.
– Honorary Librarian Award, granted by the Associació de Bibliotecaris (Librarians Association) in Valencia, Spain.
– Directs and writes the “Nadhari Joven” Collection for the NGO Intermón Oxfam.
– Birth of the literary character Inspector Miquel Mascarell with the novel “Four days of january”.
2009
– Over 9 million copies sold in Spain.
– Presentation of the book Juego, set y partido (Game, set and match), with Rafa Nadal.
– Member of the Committee of Honour for the Latin American and Galician Young People’s Literature Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– Protagonista Jove Award (second time) to the best 2008 Catalan book for Kafka i la nina que se´n va anar de viatge (Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
– Invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Jury member in the Colombia’s National Award for Children’s Literature.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation starts up the EPI Project (Writers For the Childhood) for the distribution of books to hospitalised children on Book’s Day (23rd April).
– The 4th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Dunia Esteban, a student of 15.
– Invited by the Caballero Bonald Foundation and the University of Cádiz in Jerez to the opening of the 5th Permanent Seminary on Young People’s Literature, to discuss commitment in literature aimed at young readers.
– Candidate for Spain (for the second time) to the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010.
– For the second time, a project by the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is listed for the 2010 Asahi Cooperation Award.
– Opening of the first library named after the author, in the María Zambrano High School (Torre del Mar, Málaga, Spain).
– Premier in Barcelona of El barret foradat (A Hat with a Hole), the theatre version of El niño que se cayó en un agujero (The Boy Who Fell into a Hole).
2010
– First audio novels.
– China and Korea become two of the markets where the author is most successful and widely accepted. Massive editions of several books.
– Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll) presented in Lima, Perú.
– Birth of the literary character Berta Mir, detective (Ediciones Siruela).
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation obtains the IBBY-Asahi Prize for the Promotion of Reading, granted by the IBBY, for its Readers Plan as developed in Medellín, Colombia, by the Fundación Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra and Medellín’s town council.
– El Barco de Vapor Prize for Historia de un Segundo (History of a Second).
– Speech in the CILELIJ 2010, Iberoamerican Conference on Children and Young People’s Literature, hold in Santiago de Chile.
– Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll) premiered in the Lara Theatre, in Madrid, Spain.
– The 5th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Lorena Moreno, a student of 16.
– Invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias. Speeches and presentation of the book La nueva tierra (The New Land).
2011
– Young People’s Literature Barcanova Prize for L’estrany (The Stranger).
– Theatrical companies Tanttaka Teatroa (Basque), Emedous (Galician) and Albena Teatre (Catalan) perform around Spain (Asturias, Euskadi, Galicia and Valencia) a new theatre version of Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll), from December 2011 to April 2012.
– Premiered in Torelló, Spain, the theatre version of La fabulosa leyenda del Rey Arturo (King Arthur’s Fabulous Legend).
– Ciudad de Torrevieja Novel Prize for Sombras en el tiempo (Shadows in Time).
– Appointed Board member of the Instituto Cervantes. First author of the genre to ingress the institution.
– Historia de un segundo (History of a Second) is included in the IBBY 2012 List of Honour.
– The Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medellín, Colombia, opens its School of Writing and Illustration. Jordi delivers the first week of classes to a group of candidates.
– The 6th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Arlet Hinojosa, a student of 15.
2012
– More than 10 million books sold in Spain.
– Publication of Mis (primeros) 400 libros – Memorias literarias de Jordi Sierra i Fabra (My (first) 400 books – Jordi Sierra i Fabra’s Literary Memoirs).
– The exhibition Images of rock, opens in the Chamber of Commerce Museum of Medellín, Colombia. It is an overview of Jordi’s career as a musical expert through photos, books, magazines, concert tickets, backstage passes and varied memorabilia from the seventies. It is the city’s tribute to the world’s pioneer of music-specialised media written in Spanish.
– Theatre premier of the novel El dolor invisible (The Invisible Pain).
– Vicent Silvestre Children’s Literature Award for El día que en Gluck va arribar a la Terra (The Day Gluck Landed on the Earth).
– International launching of the online magazine La Página Escrita (“The Written Page”): www.lapaginaescrita.com, aimed at the whole Spanish-speaking area.
– El Diario de los Beatles (The Beatles Diary) makes book number 400.
– Cervantes Chico Prize for his whole career and the importance of his work, as well as for his cultural and social commitment as carried out through the Foundations in Barcelona, Spain, and Medellín, Colombia.
– Opening in Medellín, Colombia, of a first exhibition of rock photographs.
– The 7th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Alba Quintas, a student of 17.
2013
– Ibero American Children and Young People’s Literature Award for his whole career. The award is given in the International Book Fair of Guadalajara (sixth intervention in the FIL), where he is the guest of honour.
– Premiered in France the ballet Le voyage de la poupée de Kafka, based upon the novel Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
– Shooting of the film Por un puñado de besos (For a Fistful of Kisses), directed by David Menkes and produced by José Fradé, based upon the novel Un poco de abril, algo de mayo, todo septiembre (A little of April, some of May, all of September).
– Premiered in Torelló, Spain, the musical Lennon, based upon the novel El joven Lennon (The Young Lennon).
– Lorenzo Luzuriaga National Prize of Letters for his whole career and the importance of his work, as well as for his cultural and social commitment as carried out through the Foundations in Barcelona, Spain, and Medellín, Colombia.
– Opening of Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation’s Cultural Centre, attended by the Mayor of Barcelona, the Culture Counsellor of the Catalan Autonomous Government and other outstanding figures from the political and the arts arena.
– Awarded in Barcelona the 8th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers.
– Anaya Award for Parco (Dry).
– La Galera Young Readers Literary Prize for El extraordinario ingenio parlante del Profesor Palermo (Professor Palermo’s extraordinary speaking device).
– Birth of the literary character Hilario Soler,
2014
– The 9th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Cristina López-Perea, a student of 17.
– Movie premiere “Por un puñado de besos”, directed by David Menkes, based on a book “Un poco de abril, algo de mayo, todo septiembre”.
– Homage in the Bogotá Fair of Book for your career.
– Theatre premier of the novel Campos de fresas (Strawberry fields) in a musical version.
– Invited to the Hay Festival in Xalapa, México. Speeches, interwies and presentations.
2015
– More than 11 million books sold.
– The 10th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to María Romero Pérez, 16 years old.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation obtains the Honour Medal of Barcelona City for your social and cultural work.
– Apel.les Mestres Award for “L’orinal de Fayán”.
2016
– Wins the Edebé Prize for Children’s Literature with “El aprendiz de brujo y Los Invisibles”.
– The 11th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sara María Cruces Salguero, 16 years old.
– Invited to the FILEY Congress in Mérida, Yucatán, México.
2017
– More than 12 millions books sold.
– The 12th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Patricia Lorenzo Navarro, 16 years old.
– Invited to the Ramón Llull Institute for the Bolonia Fair (Catalonian is special presentation). Speeches and interwies.
– One of the first six authors enthronered in the Hall of Fame of Spanish luteratura.
– Prize Atrapallibes for the best book in catalonian year 2016 for “L’aprenent de bruixot i Els Invisibles”.
– The University of Santander dedicates a seminar to the study of Jordi’s work.
– “Eight days of mars” (Mascarell saga nº8) enters the top-10 sales of El Periódico and La Vanguardia.
– Invited fair books of Turín and Mantova, Italy; Congress of LIJ in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Festival Poetry & Literature in Istambul, Turkey, and FIL Congres in Guadalajara, México.
– SiF Editorial is born, destined to recover lost or discontinued works from the author’s extensive bibliography.
– Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
2018
– The 13th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Inés Cortell, 15 years old.
– Keynote address at the headquarters of Amazon in London, on the occasion of the annual convention of the platform, on the Sierra i Fabra writing method.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundations candidate for Spain to Astrid Lindgren Award.
– Seven books of Jordi’s LIJ in the selected list of most quality books in Spain in 2017.
– Celebration of the 10 years of the police series Miquel Mascarell, turned into the most famous of the Spanish black narrative of the 21st century.
– The Generalitat of Catalunya gives Jordi Sierra i Fabra the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of St. George), the highest Catalan recognition.
– Premiered in Guadalajara, México, the theatre version of El soldado y la niña (The soldier and the girl).
2019
– The 14th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Julia Ramírez Hurtado, 16 years old.
– The queen of Spain, Letizia, deliverys the Fine Arts Medal at a official ceremony in Córdoba, Spain.
– Candidate for Spain (for the third time) to the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020, and (also for the third time) to Astrid Lindgren Award 2020.
– Invited to the 12th SIEI of Mexico City and representing Barcelona in the Book Fair of Buenos Aires.
– Celebration in Las Palmas (Spain) for the 40 years of the edition best seller “En Canarias se ha puesto el sol”.
– The video with the recording of the program Learn Together, in which he tells aspects of his life and his work, reaches more of 20 million views in a two weeks going viral worldwide.
– Premiered in Itali theatre version of “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice”, based upon the novel Kafka y la muñeca viajera (Kafka and the Travelling Doll). Tour until february 2020 for all the country.
– González Ledesma award 2020 for a professional career.
2020
– More than 13 millions books sold.
– Enderrock Estrella Award for the contribution to the History of Rock Music.
– The 15th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sofía Nayeli Bazán, 17 years old.
– The “Today’s story” initiative, a story a day in web site sierraifabra.com, in the midst of a pandemic for the Covid-19, is followed by more than 250,000 people.
– Lazarillo Award (the most old prize in Spain) for “Como lágrimas en la lluvia”.
– Invited to the Incanti Festival in Turin for the new representation of “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice” (Kafka and the traveling doll).
– Telematic interventions at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Hay Festival in Arequipa, Perú.
– Colombian national television broadcasts on Prime Time the video recorded in Aprendemos Juntos and published by El País in October 2019.
– Candidate for the fourth time individually (the fifth was for his Foundations) for the Astrid Lindgren Prize of 2021.
– Candidate for Spain (for the four time) to the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2022.
2021
– Sweden and Estonia are also preparing theatrical versions of “Kafka and the traveling doll”.
– The 16th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to César Carrasco García, 17 years old.
– “Strawberry fields” reaches 100 editions.
– The musical adaptation of the novel “Strawberry fields”, represented by The Clandestine Group, from El Ejido Theater Workshop, wins the XVIII Buero Vallejo Prize.
– New theatrical adaptation or “Strawberry fields” in Seva (Barcelona).
– Criticón Award for “The wounded words”
– Menjallibres Award for “Wild hours”
2022
– Year Sierra i Fabra is opening for 50th. aniversari first book published.
– The 17th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sare Cadaval Fleming, 14 years old.
– Sif Editorial publishes the commemorative books for the fiftieth anniversary of the Sierra i Fabra’s first book: “Images of rock” (photographs taken in the 70s ans 80s of the greatest of music), “La Página Escrita” (the SiF method for young writers), “Poetic Anthology 1972-2022” and the autobiography (partial, 1979-1985) “A writer in Hollywood”.
– More than 14 millions bools sold (plus 1 in China).
– Kafka and the traveling doll” opens in Bolivia theater.
– Torre de Agua Award for his life.
– “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice” receives the Eolo Award for the best theatrical show in its cathegory in Italy.
– Frei Martín Sarmiento Award for “Como lágrimas en la lluvia” in Galician language.
– International launch of “The long and winding road”, an autobiographical comic about the life of Jordi Sierra i Fabra.
– The anthological exhibition “Jordi Sierra i Fabra. 50 years creating stories” is inaugurated at the Palau Robert in Bercelona, commemorated the fifthiet anniversaty of the apperance of the first book.
– Tribute to the University of Murcia.
– Honor List of Catalan Children’s and Youth Literature,
– Tribute to the Salón del Libro Infantil y Juvenil de Madrid.
2023
– The 18th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sara Vaquero Ponz, 17 years old.
– New theatrical releases of “Kafka and the traveling doll” in Brasil (6th. companys) and Sweden. Theatrical release of “The murder of a science teacher in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra’s Foundation launches the Antònia Cortijos Prize for Ilustration for a young people.
– Tour of Perú and Ecuador.
– Master conference before 1500 young people at the FIL of Guadalajara, Méxic.
– Tributes in Barcelona and La Unión, Murcia. Iluro Award for a whole literary life.
2024
– The 19th edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to María Lorenzo Valero, 16 years old.
– The 1th edition of the Antònia Cortijos Award of Illustration is given to Ariadna Altimira, 22 years old.
– Author of the month of April in the libraries of the 135 municipalities of Antioquia, Colombia. Round tables, exhibitions, reading clubs and other events around the life and works of Jordi Sierra i Fabra.