Special notice:
\nWinners of IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Announced
\n2010 Marks Twentieth Anniversary<\/p>\n
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 Cooperaci\u00f3n al Plan de Lectura, Medell\u00edn, Colombia, http:\/\/bit.ly\/9kSlvg.Convenio de Cooperaci\u00f3n 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).<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>– Born in Barcelona, July 26th<\/sup>.
\n1955
\n<\/strong>– Serious accident. First literary incursions.
\n1959
\n<\/strong>– First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer.
\n1964
\n<\/strong>-Graduates from High School. Attends technical school at night and works during the day for a construction company.
\n1968
\n<\/strong>– First professional attempts in the musical field. Founder of and collaborator in El Gran Musical<\/em>radio programme (Cadena SER, Madrid). Additional collaborations with Radio Barcelona.
\n– Writes articles and collaborations for La Prensa<\/em> in Barcelona and for Nuevo Diario<\/em> in Madrid.
\n1969
\n<\/strong>– Correspondent for El Gran Musical<\/em> in Barcelona.
\n1970
\n<\/strong>– Quits job and studies to work full-time as a music critic. Manages the weekly magazine Disco Express<\/em>.
\n– Starts travelling all over the world with top musicians.
\n1972
\n<\/strong>– First book published: 1962-72 Historia de la M\u00fasica Pop<\/em> (1962-72 A History of Pop Music), the first work in its genre published in Spain and a best-seller.
\n– Works as an editorial adviser, collaborating, writing and founding several music magazines, such as Top Magazine <\/em>and Extra<\/em>.
\n1973
\n<\/strong>– Founds and features in Popular 1<\/em>, a pioneer monthly magazine about rock.
\n1974
\n<\/strong>– Becomes Executive Manager of Popular 1<\/em>.
\n– Finalist to the Ciudad de Murcia Literature Prize.
\n– Hosts the Semanario Informativo de la M\u00fasica Pop<\/em> (Pop Music Weekly News), a radio programme to be aired for four years on Barcelona\u2019s Radio Peninsular.
\n1975
\n<\/strong>– Villa de Bilbao Novel Prize.
\n1976
\n<\/strong>– Resigns as Executive Manager of Popular 1<\/em> to devote himself to literature and travelling.
\n– Beginning of the musical anthology collection (biographies and history) M\u00fasica de Nuestro Tiempo<\/em> (Music of Our Time). Writes and publishes 24 books in the following years.
\n1977
\n<\/strong>– Co-founder of Super-Pop<\/em> magazine, on young people\u2019s music. Number one in Spain in its category after only a few months in print.
\n1978
\n<\/strong>– Finalist to the Planeta Novel Prize.
\n– Resigns as manager of Disco Express<\/em> after 9 years.
\n1979
\n<\/strong>– Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize.
\n1981
\n<\/strong>– Gran Angular Young People\u2019s Literature Prize.
\n– Begins publishing Historia de la M\u00fasica Rock<\/em> (A History of Rock Music) in 100 instalments (6 volumes) over 2 years.
\n1982
\n<\/strong>– First lecture circuits for primary and secondary schools around Spain, prompted by the boom in children and young people\u2019s literature. Continues activities in schools to this day, giving more than 100 lectures a year.
\n1983
\n<\/strong>– Wins Gran Angular Youth Literature Prize for the second time.
\n1985
\n<\/strong>– Birth of the detective character Daniel Ross.
\n1987
\n<\/strong>– Author of the radio serial Ya es de oro<\/em> (Gold Already) for Cadena SER.
\n1988
\n<\/strong>– Births of the literary characters Zuk-1 and Sam Numit.
\n– El joven Lennon<\/em> (Young Lennon) remains on the young adult fiction best-seller list for 11 months.
\n– First books translated into Italian, German, French, Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Dutch, English, Japanese, etc. (still translated to this day).
\n1989
\n<\/strong>– Birth of Victor, another literary character.
\n– First Daniel Ross film on TV, La sombra del delator<\/em> (The Shadow of the Informer), aired on March 1994 with Mario Gas and Manuel Aleixandre in the leading roles.
\n1990
\n<\/strong>– Vaixell de Vapor Children’s Literature Prize.
\n– Timun Mas begins publishing Sam Numit<\/em>. A total of 6 books in 2 years.
\n– Designs a trivia game on rock music.
\n1991
\n<\/strong>– Wins the Gran Angular Young People\u2019s Literature Prize for the third time in 10 years.
\n1992
\n<\/strong>– Wins the CCEI 1991 Best Children’s Book Prize.
\n– Diccionario de los Beatles (<\/em>A Beatles Dictionary)<\/em>, first book in the world published under this concept and title.
\n1993
\n<\/strong>– Publishes the encyclopaedia Los grandes del Rock de la A a la Z<\/em> (Rock Legends from A to Z) in Italy, titled Los mitos del rock en vivo<\/em> (Live Rock Legends), 100 instalments, 5 volumes.
\n– Wins the Columna Prize for Young People\u2019s Literature.
\n1994
\n<\/strong>– Wins the Edeb\u00e9 Prize for Children’s Literature with “Aydin”.
\n– Publishes the rock encyclopaedia Los grandes del Rock de la A a la Z<\/em> (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.
\n– Ediciones SM publishes Los libros de V\u00edctor y Compa\u00f1\u00eda<\/em> (Victor and Company Books), a 15-title collection, in Spain.
\n1995
\n<\/strong>– Publishes El diario de los Beatles<\/em> (The Beatles Diary), first universal work of its genre.
\n– Included by the IBBY, together with 10 other authors from the 5 continents, in the organization\u2019s first book, published in several languages.
\n1996
\n<\/strong>– Invited by the German Ministry of Culture to give lectures around the country.
\n– Marcha Films buys the TV rights of the novel El regreso de Johnny Pickup<\/em> (Johnny Pickup is Back).
\n– Imanol Uribe, film director, buys the TV rights of the novel El tiempo del olvido<\/em> (The Time of Forgetting).
\n– Birth of the literary character Zack Galaxy, illustrated by the comic artist Alfonso Azpiri.
\n– Wins the Joaquim Ruyra Prize for Young People\u2019s Literature.
\n1997
\n<\/strong>– El joven Lennon<\/em> (The Young Lennon) obtains the Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones SM.
\n– Writes script for the TV series Bajo el signo de…<\/em> (Under the Sign of…).
\n– Invited by Mexico\u2019s National Council for Culture and Arts to deliver lectures and seminars throughout the country.
\n– 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the publication of his first book. Party held in Barcelona.
\n1998
\n<\/strong>– Theatre version of the book El ni\u00f1o que viv\u00eda en las estrellas<\/em> (The Boy Who Lived in the Stars), premiered in Madrid.
\n– Wins the Columna Jove Prize for Young People\u2019s Literature for the second time.
\n– Wins the Vaixell de Vapor Prize for Children’s Literature for the second time.
\n1999
\n<\/strong>– Wins the CCEI 1998 Best Book Prize for the second time.
\n– Wins the A la Orilla del Viento Prize, awarded by the Fondo de Cultura Econ\u00f3mica, Mexico.
\n– Sings (for the first time on stage) Te recuerdo Amanda<\/em> (I remember you Amanda), with fellow artists, at the memorial festival for Victor Jara, held in Barcelona.
\n– Inauguration of official website: www.sierraifabra.com<\/a> .
\n2000
\n<\/strong>– Film El dia del Lle\u00f3<\/em> (The Day of the Lion) broadcasted on Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya (Catalan Television), as part of the series Under the sign of…<\/em>, with Spanish singer Lloren\u00e7 Santamar\u00eda in the leading role. The film includes the song of the same title written by the actor and Jordi Sierra i Fabra.
\n– Conducts first videoconference hold in Spain between the author and schools in Zaragoza and Teruel.
\n– Chile\u2019s C\u00e1mara del Libro invites him to give lectures and present his work around the country.
\n– …En un lugar llamado Tierra<\/em> (…In a Place Named Earth) obtains the Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones S.M.
\n– The 27th IBBY Congress, hold in Colombia, asks him to give a speech about commitment with children and young people\u2019s literature. Lectures and speeches.
\n– First Spanish author to upload a book on the Internet: El misterio del Goya robado<\/em> (The Mistery of the Stolen Goya) an interactive novel which is also a competition for young Spanish speaking readers all over the world.
\n– Wins the Voces El\u00e9ctricas de Narrativa Musical Prize.
\n– Mi Pa\u00eds<\/em>, the children magazine of the Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds<\/em>, starts publishing the comic strips about the character Jorge… y el resto del mundo<\/em> (George… and the rest of the world) signed by Sierra i Fabra, with illustrations by Quico Rovira.
\n– Noche de viernes<\/em> (Friday Night) earns him a Platinum Book for its sales under Alfaguara.
\n– The collection of Record-Books Un pa\u00eds de m\u00fasica<\/em> (A Country of Music), released by the Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds<\/em>, sells a million and a half copies.
\n2001
\n<\/strong>– Births of the Patrulla Gal\u00b7l\u00e1ctica 752<\/em> (Galactic Patrol 752) literary characters, published by Bru\u00f1o.
\n– First books to be published directly by Latin American houses (Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Ecuador). Trips to Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, to deliver speeches and lessons. First non Latin American author invited to the Juego Literario de Medell\u00edn, Colombia (Medellin Literary Game).
\n– The interactive novel El misterio del Goya Robado<\/em> (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<\/em> (The Mystery of the Millionaire Stamp).
\n– La f\u00e1brica de nubes<\/em> (The Factory of Clouds) gets the Silver Plate of Ediciones S. M.
\n– Wins the CCEI 2000 Best Book Prize or the third time.
\n– Monographic documentary by the Televisi\u00f3n Educativa Iberoamericana within
\nthe programmeBarataria<\/em>.
\n– Camps de maduixes<\/em>, the Catalan version of Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry Fields) gets the Silver Plate of Editorial Cru\u00eflla.
\n2002
\n<\/strong>– Wins the Premio Abril, published in the four Spanish official languages (Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician) and two dialects (Aragon\u00e9s and Bable).
\n– Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry Fields) obtains a Golden Book for its sales under Ediciones S. M.
\n– Theatre version of Nunca seremos estrellas del rock<\/em> (We Will Never Be Rock Stars) premiered in Bayonne, France.
\n– Trilogy El tiempo del exilio<\/em> (The Time of Exile) published all over the world.
\n– According to the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Sierra i Fabra holds the 8th<\/sup> place among the authors most often read in Spanish schools. The list is as follows:
\n1) Gustavo Adolfo B\u00e9cquer
\n2) Miguel Delibes
\n3) Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s
\n4) Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca
\n5) P\u00edo Baroja
\n6) Eduardo Mendoza
\n7) Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez
\n8) Jordi Sierra i Fabra
\n<\/strong>9) Camilo Jos\u00e9 Cela
\n10) Leopoldo Alas Clar\u00edn
\nSierra i Fabra is the only contemporary author in the list whose career is totally focused on children and young people\u2019s literature.
\n2003
\n<\/strong>– Los a\u00f1os oscuros<\/em> (The Dark Years), first part of the trilogy El tiempo del exilio<\/em> (The Time of Exile), chosen among the best books of 2002 by the readers of the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia<\/em>.
\n– Keynote speech at the first Encuentro Nacional de Animaci\u00f3n a la Lectura (National Meeting for Reading Encouragement), held by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
\n– Bru\u00f1o editorial starts \u201cLa Biblioteca de Jordi Sierra i Fabra\u201d, a collection of unpublished novels with a visual and cinematographic focus.
\n– Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry Fields) is turned into a television movie produced by Fausto Producciones (La Fura dels Baus).
\n– Wins the Liburu Gaztea Prize for 2002 Best Book in Euzkadi for Dormido sobre los espejos<\/em>(Sleeping on the Mirrors).
\n– Wins the Ram\u00f3n Muntaner prize with a story about adolescent lesbianism, A l’altra banda del mirall<\/em> (On the Other Side of the Mirror)
\n2004
\n<\/strong>– Theatre version of Querido hijo: est\u00e1s despedido<\/em> (Dear Son: You Have Been Fired) premiered in Santander.
\n– La biblioteca dels llibres buits<\/em>, the Catalan version of La biblioteca de los libros vac\u00edos<\/em> (The Library of Empty Books) gets the Silver Plate of Editorial Cru\u00eflla.
\n– Invited to the opening of the First International Fair of the Book in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Lectures and speeches.
\n– Wins the N\u00e8stor Luj\u00e1n Prize with La pell de la revolta<\/em> (The Revolution Skin).
\n– Fair of the Book in Quito, Ecuador. Lectures and speeches.
\n– International Fair in Guadalajara, M\u00e9xico. Lectures and speeches.
\n– According to the Network of Spanish Libraries, Sierra i Fabra is the author most widely read among young people in Spanish Libraries.
\n– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is born in Barcelona, Spain.
\n– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation for Latin America is born in Medell\u00edn, Colombia.
\n– More than 7 millions books sold in Spain.
\n2005
\n<\/strong>– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is launched.
\n– The film Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry Fields) broadcasted on Spain\u2019s National TV.
\n– Ediciones SM starts the collection “Los Libros de Jordi Sierra i Fabra” (Jordi Sierra i Fabra Books).
\n– The Fair of Bologna, Italy, asks him to give a speech abut commitment in children and young people\u2019s literature.
\n– Wins the Protagonista Jove Prize for 2004 Best Book in Catalonia for A l\u00b4altra banda del mirall<\/em>(On the Other Side of the Mirror).
\n– First “Seminario de creaci\u00f3n literaria” (Workshop on Literary Creation) in the Antioquia University, Medell\u00edn, Colombia. Presentation of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation for Latin America in the Bogot\u00e1 Fair.
\n– Wins the Julio C. Coba International Prize (Ecuador) for La palabra m\u00e1s hermosa<\/em> (The Most Beautiful Word).
\n– Camps de maduixes<\/em>, Catalan version of Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry Fields) gets the Golden Plate of Editorial Cru\u00eflla.
\n– Fair of the Book in Saarbrucken, Germany. Lectures and speeches.
\n– Nominated to the Andersen Award for Spain.
\n– The official Jordi Sierra i Fabra online forum is launched:\u00a0 www.elforo.de\/foroficialjsif
\n<\/a>– Wins the Fiter i Rossell Prize (Andorra) for Sinaia<\/em>.
\n2006
\n<\/strong>– Wins the Edebe Prize for Young People\u2019 Literature for Llamando a las puertas del cielo<\/em>(Knocking on Heaven’s Door).
\n– A student of sixteen named Arturo Padilla de Juan wins the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers.
\n– Brazil Tour. In April, the Second Workshop on Literary Creation is hold in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, and on October and November the Third and Fourth Workshops take place in Medell\u00edn and Barranquilla respectively.
\n– The method for young writers La p\u00e1gina escrita<\/em> is published by the joint effort of Jordi Sierra i Fabra and SM. It will be his published book number 300.
\n– Invited by the Institut Ram\u00f3n Llull to the Guadalajara Fair in M\u00e9xico as a representative of Catalan culture.
\n– Theatre version of El soldado y la ni\u00f1a<\/em> (The Soldier and the Baby) premiered in Olot, Spain.
\n– Lecture in the First Conference on Literature and Society, Valencia, Spain.
\n2007
\n<\/strong>– La p\u00e1gina escrita<\/em> (The Written Page) is presented in Spain. Workshops hold in several towns throughout the country.
\n– The 2nd<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Jara Santamar\u00eda, a student of 15 years old.
\n– Lectures in several towns around Catalonia about commitment in young people\u2019s literature, sponsored by the Obra Social La Caixa.
\n– The Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, with the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and of Medell\u00edn\u2019s Town Council, organises the Medell\u00edn Literary Games, which are attended by several Spanish authors along the year.
\n– Invited to the Language Conference in Medell\u00edn, Colombia.
\n– A project completed by the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Barcelona, Spain, and the Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, is selected among the best projects of 2006-2007 by IBBY and listed for the 2008 Asahi Cooperation Award.
\n– National Award for Children and Youngster’s Literature for Kafka y la mu\u00f1eca viajera<\/em> (Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
\n– Presentation of the two Foundations at the Guadalajara Fair, M\u00e9xico. La p\u00e1gina escrita<\/em> (The Written Page) Workshop on Literary Creation delivered in the same fair.
\n– Bancaixa Ciutat d’Alzira Award for Young People\u2019s Narrative for Els focs de la memoria<\/em> (The Fires of Memory).
\n– Over 8 millions copies sold in Spain.
\n2008
\n<\/strong>– The 3rd<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to \u00c1frica V\u00e1zquez, a student of 17.
\n– The CD Retrato de Soledad, \u00f3pera mon\u00f3logo en un acto<\/em> (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.
\n– Premier of the theatre version of Nunca seremos estrellas del rock<\/em> (We Will Never Be Rock Stars), a compilation of five novels by the author.
\n– Launching of the website www.sierraifabra.com<\/a>, featuring videos and interviews.
\n– Invited by the Instituto Cervantes to a Symposium about Children and Young People\u2019s Literature in New York. Opening of the Praga Fair. Opening speech at the Le\u00f3n Fair, Spain. Special guest at the FILIJ, M\u00e9xico. Invited by Instituto Cervantes to Lyon, France.
\n– 2007 annual report of the Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, including 3.090 activities (seminaries, workshops, etc.) attended by 108.860 youngsters.
\n– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is finalist for the 2008 Asahi Cooperation Award.
\n\u2013 Birth of the literary character Miquel Mascarell with first book of the serie, “Four days in january”.
\n– Honorary Librarian Award, granted by the Associaci\u00f3 de Bibliotecaris (Librarians Association) in Valencia, Spain.
\n– Directs and writes the \u201cNadhari Joven\u201d Collection for the NGO Interm\u00f3n Oxfam.
\n– Birth of the literary character Inspector\u00a0Miquel Mascarell with the novel “Four days of january”.
\n2009
\n<\/strong>– Over 9 million copies sold in Spain.
\n– Presentation of the book Juego, set y partido<\/em> (Game, set and match), with Rafa Nadal.
\n– Member of the Committee of Honour for the Latin American and Galician Young People\u2019s Literature Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
\n– Protagonista Jove Award (second time) to the best 2008 Catalan book for Kafka i la nina que se\u00b4n va anar de viatge <\/em>(Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
\n– Invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Jury member in the Colombia\u2019s National Award for Children\u2019s Literature.
\n– 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\u2019s Day (23rd<\/sup> April).
\n– The 4th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Dunia Esteban, a student of 15.
\n– Invited by the Caballero Bonald Foundation and the University of C\u00e1diz in Jerez to the opening of the 5th Permanent Seminary on Young People\u2019s Literature, to discuss commitment in literature aimed at young readers.
\n– Candidate for Spain (for the second time) to the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010.
\n– For the second time, a project by the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation is listed for the 2010 Asahi Cooperation Award.
\n– Opening of the first library named after the author, in the Mar\u00eda Zambrano High School (Torre del Mar, M\u00e1laga, Spain).
\n– Premier in Barcelona of El barret foradat<\/em> (A Hat with a Hole), the theatre version of El ni\u00f1o que se cay\u00f3 en un agujero<\/em> (The Boy Who Fell into a Hole).
\n2010
\n<\/strong>– First audio novels.
\n– China and Korea become two of the markets where the author is most successful and widely accepted. Massive editions of several books.
\n– Kafka y la mu\u00f1eca viajera<\/em> (Kafka and the Travelling Doll) presented in Lima, Per\u00fa.
\n– Birth of the literary character Berta Mir, detective (Ediciones Siruela).
\n– 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 Medell\u00edn, Colombia, by the Fundaci\u00f3n Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra and Medell\u00edn\u2019s town council.
\n– El Barco de Vapor Prize for Historia de un Segundo<\/em> (History of a Second).
\n– Speech in the CILELIJ 2010, Iberoamerican Conference on Children and Young People\u2019s Literature, hold in Santiago de Chile.
\n– Kafka y la mu\u00f1eca viajera<\/em> (Kafka and the Travelling Doll) premiered in the Lara Theatre, in Madrid, Spain.
\n– The 5th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Lorena Moreno, a student of 16.
\n– Invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias. Speeches and presentation of the book La nueva tierra<\/em> (The New Land).
\n2011
\n<\/strong>– Young People\u2019s Literature Barcanova Prize for L’estrany<\/em> (The Stranger).
\n– 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 mu\u00f1eca viajera <\/em>(Kafka and the Travelling Doll), from December 2011 to April 2012.
\n– Premiered in Torell\u00f3, Spain, the theatre version of La fabulosa leyenda del Rey Arturo <\/em>(King Arthur\u2019s Fabulous Legend).
\n– Ciudad de Torrevieja Novel Prize for Sombras en el tiempo <\/em>(Shadows in Time).
\n– Appointed Board member of the Instituto Cervantes. First author of the genre to ingress the institution.
\n– Historia de un segundo<\/em> (History of a Second) is included in the IBBY 2012 List of Honour.
\n– The Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, opens its School of Writing and Illustration. Jordi delivers the first week of classes to a group of candidates.
\n– The 6th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Arlet Hinojosa, a student of 15.
\n2012
\n<\/strong>– More than 10 million books sold in Spain.
\n– Publication of Mis (primeros) 400 libros – Memorias literarias de Jordi Sierra i Fabra<\/em> (My (first) 400 books \u2013 Jordi Sierra i Fabra\u2019s Literary Memoirs).
\n– The exhibition Images of rock<\/em>, opens in the Chamber of Commerce Museum of Medell\u00edn, Colombia. It is an overview of Jordi\u2019s career as a musical expert through photos, books, magazines, concert tickets, backstage passes and varied memorabilia from the seventies. It is the city\u2019s tribute to the world\u2019s pioneer of music-specialised media written in Spanish.
\n– Theatre premier of the novel El dolor invisible<\/em> (The Invisible Pain).
\n– Vicent Silvestre Children\u2019s Literature Award for El d\u00eda que en Gluck va arribar a la Terra<\/em> (The Day Gluck Landed on the Earth).
\n– International launching of the online magazine La P\u00e1gina Escrita<\/em> (\u201cThe Written Page\u201d): www.lapaginaescrita.com, aimed at the whole Spanish-speaking area.
\n– El Diario de los Beatles<\/em> (The Beatles Diary) makes book number 400.
\n– 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 Medell\u00edn, Colombia.
\n– Opening in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, of a first exhibition of rock photographs.
\n– The 7th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Alba Quintas, a student of 17.
\n2013
\n<\/strong>– Ibero American Children and Young People\u2019s Literature Award for his whole career.\u00a0 The award is given in the International Book Fair of Guadalajara (sixth intervention in the FIL), where he is the guest of honour.
\n– Premiered in France the ballet Le voyage de la poup\u00e9e de Kafka<\/em>, based upon the novel Kafka y la mu\u00f1eca viajera<\/em> (Kafka and the Travelling Doll).
\n– Shooting of the film Por un pu\u00f1ado de besos<\/em> (For a Fistful of Kisses), directed by David Menkes and produced by Jos\u00e9 Frad\u00e9, based upon the novel Un poco de abril, algo de mayo, todo septiembre<\/em> (A little of April, some of May, all of September).
\n– Premiered in Torell\u00f3, Spain, the musical Lennon<\/em>, based upon the novel El joven Lennon<\/em> (The Young Lennon).
\n– 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 Medell\u00edn, Colombia.
\n– Opening of Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation\u2019s 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.
\n– Awarded in Barcelona the 8th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers.
\n– Anaya Award for Parco<\/em> (Dry).
\n– La Galera Young Readers Literary Prize for El extraordinario ingenio parlante del Profesor Palermo<\/em> (Professor Palermo\u2019s extraordinary speaking device).
\n– Birth of the literary character Hilario Soler,
\n2014
\n<\/strong>– The 9th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Cristina L\u00f3pez-Perea, a student of 17.
\n– Movie premiere \u201cPor un pu\u00f1ado de besos\u201d, directed by David Menkes, based on a book \u201cUn poco de abril, algo de mayo, todo septiembre\u201d.
\n– Homage in the Bogot\u00e1 Fair of Book for your career.
\n– Theatre premier of the novel Campos de fresas<\/em> (Strawberry fields) in a musical version.
\n– Invited to the Hay Festival in Xalapa, M\u00e9xico. Speeches, interwies and presentations.
\n2015
\n<\/strong>– More than 11 million books sold.
\n– The 10th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Mar\u00eda Romero P\u00e9rez, 16 years old.
\n– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation obtains the Honour Medal of Barcelona City for your social and cultural work.
\n–\u00a0Apel.les Mestres\u00a0Award for\u00a0“L’orinal de Fay\u00e1n”<\/em>.
\n2016<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0Wins the Edeb\u00e9 Prize for Children’s Literature with “El aprendiz de brujo y Los Invisibles”.
\n–\u00a0The 11th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sara Mar\u00eda Cruces Salguero, 16 years old.
\n\u2013 Invited to the FILEY Congress\u00a0\u00a0in M\u00e9rida, Yucat\u00e1n, M\u00e9xico.
\n2017<\/strong>
\n– More than 12 millions books sold.
\n–\u00a0The 12th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Patricia Lorenzo Navarro, 16 years old.
\n– Invited to the Ram\u00f3n Llull Institute for the Bolonia Fair (Catalonian is special presentation). Speeches and interwies.
\n– One of the first six authors \u00a0enthronered in the Hall of Fame of Spanish luteratura.
\n– Prize Atrapallibes for the best book in catalonian year 2016 \u00a0for “L’aprenent de bruixot i Els Invisibles”.
\n– The University of Santander dedicates a seminar to the study of Jordi’s work.
\n– “Eight days of mars” (Mascarell saga n\u00ba8) enters the top-10 sales of El Peri\u00f3dico and La Vanguardia.
\n– Invited fair books of Tur\u00edn and Mantova, Italy; Congress of LIJ in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Festival Poetry & Literature in Istambul, Turkey, and FIL Congres in Guadalajara, M\u00e9xico.
\n–\u00a0SiF Editorial is born, destined to recover lost or discontinued works from the author’s extensive bibliography.
\n<\/span>– Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
\n2018
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0The 13th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to In\u00e9s Cortell, 15 years old.
\n– 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.
\n\u2013 The Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundations candidate for Spain to Astrid Lindgren Award.
\n\u2013 Seven books of Jordi\u2019s LIJ in the selected list of most quality books in Spain in 2017.
\n– 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.
\n– The Generalitat of Catalunya gives Jordi Sierra i Fabra the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of St. George<\/em>), the highest Catalan recognition.
\n– Premiered in Guadalajara, M\u00e9xico, the theatre version of El soldado y la ni\u00f1a\u00a0<\/em>(The soldier and the girl).
\n2019
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0The 14th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Julia Ram\u00edrez Hurtado, 16 years old.
\n– The queen of Spain, Letizia, deliverys the Fine Arts Medal\u00a0at a official ceremony in C\u00f3rdoba, Spain.
\n\u2013 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.
\n–\u00a0Invited to the 12th SIEI of Mexico City and representing Barcelona in the Book Fair of Buenos Aires.
\n–\u00a0Celebration in Las Palmas (Spain) for the 40 years of the edition best seller “En Canarias se ha puesto el sol”.
\n– 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.
\n– Premiered in Itali theatre version of “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice”<\/em>, based upon the novel Kafka y la mu\u00f1eca viajera<\/em> (Kafka and the Travelling Doll). Tour until february 2020 for all the country.
\n– Gonz\u00e1lez Ledesma award 2020 \u00a0for a professional career.
\n2020<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0More than 13 millions books sold.
\n– Enderrock Estrella Award for the contribution to the History of Rock Music.
\n–\u00a0The 15th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sof\u00eda Nayeli Baz\u00e1n, 17 years old.
\n– 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.
\n– Lazarillo Award (the most old prize in Spain) for “Como l\u00e1grimas en la lluvia”.
\n– Invited to the Incanti Festival in Turin for the new representation of “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice” (Kafka and the traveling doll).
\n– Telematic interventions at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Hay Festival in Arequipa, Per\u00fa.
\n– Colombian national television broadcasts on Prime Time the video recorded in Aprendemos Juntos and published by El Pa\u00eds in October 2019.
\n–\u00a0Candidate for the fourth time individually (the fifth was for his Foundations) for the Astrid Lindgren Prize of 2021.
\n<\/span>\u2013\u00a0Candidate for Spain (for the four time) to the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2022.
\n2021<\/strong>
\n– Sweden and Estonia\u00a0are also preparing theatrical versions of “Kafka and the traveling doll”.
\n–\u00a0The 16th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to C\u00e9sar Carrasco Garc\u00eda, 17 years old.
\n– “Strawberry fields” reaches 100 editions.
\n– The musical adaptation of the novel “Strawberry fields”, represented by The Clandestine Group, from El Ejido Theater Workshop, wins the XVIII Buero Vallejo Prize.
\n– New theatrical adaptation or “Strawberry fields” in Seva (Barcelona).
\n–\u00a0Critic\u00f3n Award for “The wounded words”
\n– Menjallibres Award for “Wild hours”
\n2022<\/strong>
\n– Year Sierra i Fabra is opening for 50th. aniversari first book published.
\n–\u00a0The 17th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sare Cadaval Fleming, 14 years old.
\n– 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 P\u00e1gina Escrita” (the SiF method for young writers), “Poetic Anthology 1972-2022” and the autobiography (partial, 1979-1985) “A writer in Hollywood”.
\n– More than 14 millions bools sold (plus 1 in China).
\n– Kafka and the traveling doll” opens in Bolivia theater.
\n– Torre de Agua Award for his life.
\n– “Kafka e la bambola viaggiatrice” receives the Eolo Award for the best theatrical show in its cathegory in Italy.
\n– Frei Mart\u00edn Sarmiento Award for “Como l\u00e1grimas en la lluvia” in Galician language.
\n– International launch of “The long and winding road”, an autobiographical comic about the life of Jordi Sierra i Fabra.
\n– 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.
\n– Tribute to the University of Murcia.
\n– Honor List of Catalan Children’s and Youth Literature,
\n– Tribute to the Sal\u00f3n del Libro Infantil y Juvenil de Madrid.
\n2023<\/strong>
\n– The 18th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Sara Vaquero Ponz, 17 years old.
\n– 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.
\n– The Jordi Sierra i Fabra’s Foundation launches the Ant\u00f2nia Cortijos Prize for Ilustration for a young people.
\n– Tour of Per\u00fa and Ecuador.
\n– Master conference before 1500 young people at the FIL of Guadalajara, M\u00e9xic.
\n– Tributes in Barcelona and La Uni\u00f3n, Murcia. Iluro Award for a whole literary life.
\n2024<\/strong>
\n– The 19th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Mar\u00eda Lorenzo Valero, 16 years old.
\n– The 1th<\/sup> edition of the Ant\u00f2nia Cortijos Award of Illustration is given to Ariadna Altimira, 22 years old.
\n– 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.
\n– Antonio de Sancha Prize, for the Asociaci\u00f3n de Editores de Madrid.
\n2025<\/strong>
\n– The 20th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Helena Moreno Padilla, 16 years old.
\n– Tribute to the First Book Music Festival in Barcelona.
\n– Awarding of the Don Juan del Corral Order of Merit, Gold category, bi the City Council of Medell\u00edn, Colombia, for his contribution to the cultural and social development of the city.
\n– More than 16 million books have been sold.
\n-Filming begings on the documentary about the life of Jordi Sierra i Fabra, produced by REC Viudeoproductions ans RTVE (Spanish Television), with internacional distribution for Luk International.
\n2026<\/strong>
\n– Fundaci\u00f3n Cuatrogatos Prize for “K-lle”.
\n– Tribute to BCNegra, Black Week of detectives book in Barcelona.
\n– The 21th<\/sup> edition of the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Award for Young Writers is given to Lourdes Vives Merino, 17 years old.
\n. Filming continues for the documentary about Jordi Sierra i Fabra’s life in Medell\u00edn, Colombia.<\/p>\n