The department of Culture in collaboration with the International Friends of the Library Association of Formentera calls this award to encourage work and promote visual arts to promote reading habit among children of Formentera.
Biography:
Antoni Tur Costa, known as "Gabrielet" was born in Santa Eulalia del Rio (Ibiza) in 1917. He installs in Formentera in 1961, with 44 years, where he conducted most of his work and where he achieved his greatest recognition as a potter, although he also worked on modeling and drawing.
"Gabrielet" and Formentera:
The recognition of "Gabrielet" gave his workshop in the Craft Fair of the Mola, setting forth their wares, which they drank from Mediterranean sources (sea, sky, fishing, roosters, lizards, goats).
His death took place in Ibiza on 23 April 1998, at age 82. In 1997 it was declared by the City illustrious son of Formentera.