Established in 2008 by the Govern d’Andorra (Government of Andorra) and the Institut Ramon Llull (the Catalan cultural diplomacy body), and later expanded to include institutions from Northern Catalonia, Alghero and the Valencian Community, the mission of the Fundació Ramon Llull is to promote the Catalan language and culture internationally. It oversees compliance with language legislation and promotes projects in collaboration with public and private entities. On Wednesday, it presented the Premis Internacionals Ramon Llull in Encamp, Andorra. These prizes are intended to recognise individuals or institutions outside the Catalan linguistic domain that have contributed towards the international promotion of the Catalan language and culture. The winners of this 12th edition are the Fundación Roser Bru, translator Tiziana Camerani, philologist Maria Khatziemmanuïl and Friulian legal expert William Cisilino. The ceremony was presided over by Xavier Espot, the Head of the Govern d’Andorra, accompanied by Mònica Bonell, the Andorran Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports; Francesc Xavier Vila, the Minister for Language Policy of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia); Teresa Colom, Director of the Fundació Ramon Llull; Antònia Andúgar, General Manager of the Institut Ramon Llull.
The Fundación Roser Bru, Premi a la Promoció Internacional de la Creació Catalana
The eighth Premi Ramon Llull a la Promoció Internacional de la Creació Catalana (Ramon Llull award for the international promotion of Catalan creation) was granted to the Fundación Roser Bru in recognition of its efforts to preserve, research and promote the legacy of Catalan artist Roser Bru i Llop (Barcelona, 1923 – Santiago de Chile, 2021), one of the leading figures in Chilean visual arts.
The panel of judges highlighted its decisive contribution to cataloguing and promoting Bru's work, notably through initiatives such as the travelling exhibition "Roser Bru de Norte a Sur", organised as part of her centenary celebrations, and the retrospective "Roser Bru. Superar la distància" at the Museu d'Art de Girona (2024–2025). The artist, who was exiled to Chile in 1939 aboard the Winnipeg, received over 30 distinctions throughout her career, including the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas de Chile (2015) and the Creu de Sant Jordi (2020).
The foundation, created by the artist herself in 2018, holds the largest collection of Bru's works and archives and promotes projects related to visual arts, memory, gender and history.
Miquel Bofill i Abelló, a personal friend of the Bru family, accepted the statuette.
Tiziana Camerani, Premi de Traducció Literària
The eighth Premi Ramon Llull de Traducció Literària (Ramon Llull award for literary translation) was presented to Tiziana Camerani for her Italian translation of Terres mortes by Núria Bendicho, published by Voland in 2024.
The panel of judges mentioned her ability to tackle the work's complex linguistic challenge while maintaining its tone and diversity of voices. Camerani has been a freelance translator since 1999 and specialises in introducing contemporary Catalan literature, especially by emerging female voices, to Italy. She is also the official Italian translator for the Louvre in Paris.
Maria Khatziemmanuïl, Premi de Traducció Literària a la Trajectòria
The Premi Ramon Llull de Traducció Literària a la Trajectòria (Ramon Llull award for literary translation career) honoured Maria Khatziemmanuïl, one of the main driving forces behind the dissemination of Catalan theatre in Greece. A philologist and translator, she has translated over 50 Catalan plays by authors such as Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Guillem Clua and Sergi Belbel.
Artistic Director of the Festival Iberoamericà de Lectures Dramatitzades since 2012, she has published more than 145 theatrical translations and has been repeatedly honoured with the Premi EURODRAM. In 2023, she received the Orde del Mèrit Civil d’Espanya and the AAT Premi Sense Fronteres.
William Cisilino, Premi Internacional de Catalanística i a la Diversitat Cultural
The 34th Premi Internacional Ramon Llull de Catalanística i a la Diversitat Cultural (Ramon Llull award for Catalan studies and cultural diversity) was granted to Friulian legal expert William Cisilino, Director of the Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane (official body dedicated to the protection of the Friulian language, ARLeF). Thanks to the efforts of this agency, which was established in 2006, Friulian has been progressively integrated into schools, the media, public signs and contemporary cultural production, establishing itself as a model of language management for Europe's other minority languages. Cisilino has held various positions in public institutions dedicated to protecting the Friulian language and identity, and has maintained close ties with projects promoted in Catalan-speaking territories.
This year, the panel of judges highlighted a career that symbolises the founding spirit of the award: dialogue between cultures, the defence of multilingualism, and the active promotion of minority languages.
