The ceremony will be headed by the vice-Principals for Culture and Equality of the Universitat de València, Antonio Ariño and the vice-Principal for Culture, University Extension and Institutional Relations of Universitat Jaume I, Wenceslao Rambla. And it will count on the interventions of the award-winners, apart from the sociolinguist and essayist Vicent Pitarch; and the philologist and writer Francesc Pérez Moragon.

The organising commission and the jury of the award is composed of the Universitat de València, the Universitat Jaume I, people that mantained a close relationship with Vicent Ventura, CCOO, STEPV, UGT, the ‘Unió de Llauradors i Ramaders’ (‘Farmers and livestock owners union’) and the ‘Unió de Periodistes Valencians’ (‘Valencian journalists union’).

Adolf Beltran
Journalist and writer (Valencia, 1958). He was a member of the editorial committee of the literary magazine ‘Cairell’. He worked in the Valencian newspaper ‘Noticias al Día’ and the weekly paper ‘El Temps’, where he became part of the foundational department.  From 1986 to 2015 he worked in the paper ‘El País’, where he was also responsible of the cultural supplement ‘Quadern’ in Valencia.  Nowadays, he is responsible of the Valencian edition of ‘eldiario.es’.

He has published some novels such as ‘No digues adéu’ (1989), ‘Les llunes de Russafa’ (2005), that were awarded with Joanot Martorell Prize, and ‘Estribor’ (2015). Regarding essays, he was the author of ‘Un país possible: Identitat valenciana i modernització’ (1994) and ‘Els temps moderns: societat valenciana i cultura de masses al segle XX’ (2002). 

His bibliography includes also journalistic works as in the case of the books of interviews ‘Vicent Ventura, converses amb un ciutadà’ (1993) and ‘Emili Tortosa, converses amb un directiu compromés’ (2009). In 2005 he published the investigative report ‘La València lletja’.

He is the author of the volume ‘Ramon Lapiedra: La raó cívica (2002)’; the textbook La raó cívica (2002)’, in collaboration with Gemma Lluch and Montserrat Ferrer; and coauthor and editor of a volume dedicated to the letters that Joan Fuster sent to Vicent Ventura and Josep Garcia Richart (2002).

He is collaborator of magazines such as ‘L’Espill’, ‘Caràcters’ or ‘L’Avenç’, among others.

El Camí

El Camí is a cultural hiking route that, with signposts, links paths and routes from all Catalan regions and isles. This lead to know 
the culture, history, landscape and people of each region. It is suitable for people of all ages.

El Camí began in 2003 and covers nearly 4,750 km (main road marked in red), in addition to the several roads that lead to the rest of villages of each region (marked in yellow) which are created progressively.

El Camí is a collaborative project and everybody can participate in different ways and also contribute quotes in the ‘Camipèdia’ or publish activities in the front page.  It is aimed at walking, despite the fact that the bicycles are also permitted in some stages.  El Camí es one of those most important heritage elements that are located among villages. This makes the route more appealing.

It is suitable for people of all ages and audiences, with a low or medium level of difficulty.  Furthermore, el Camí makes possible the social relationship between pedestrians and the villages and strengths it.

Within the different ways of doing the route, one alternative is to participate in the numerous walks organised by the group ‘Grup de Caminants’.

Any association, person or city council can propose establishing a walk that passes through the village in order to add this stage to El Camí route. This proposal is worked together with the responsible of the route and it is explained by people who live in the region.

All the update information can be found at the webpage http://www.elcami.cat or on social networks.