It honors Spanish mathematician Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912–1967), a self-taught Catalan mathematician who, despite significant physical disability, was very active in research in classical analysis.
This award acknowledges an outstanding mathematical monograph of an expository nature, presenting the latest developments in an active area of mathematics research.
The winning monograph is also published in Birkhauser-Verlag's series Progress in Mathematics.
It is awarded by the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Foundation.
[1] Every recipient ever of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize are:[1][2]