With the title «Les irreals omegues (1949), by J. V. Foix, a post-symbolist interpretation of the history of the 20th century», it has just appeared in the magazine Estudis romànics, the study of the professor of Contemporary Catalan Literature at the University of Barcelona Jordi Marrugat.
According to the author, the book can be read as a poetic interpretation of Catalan and European history of the 20th century, especially the 1930s, carried out on a symbolic level.

Here you can read the study.

Il·lustració de Frederic AmatOn Saturday, February 2, the long-awaited library in the Sarrià neighborhood was inaugurated. The official opening and the rest of the events had to be moved indoors due to rain.
In the afternoon, the tribute to J. V. Foix, designed by Vicenç Altaió, was held in the Carme Serrallonga auditorium. Frederic Amat, Altaió himself, Tortell Poltrona, Cesc Gelabert, Víctor Sunyol and Toni Clapés, Laia Estruch and Gabriel Ventura and Rosa Tharrats participated in it. Laura Sangrà condcuted the event.

Here you can see some photos.

Autora: Sílvia MolinaOn Saturday 1 February, the library in Sarrià will be inaugurated, which will be called J. V. Foix.
Throughout the day there will be a series of activities prepared together with the entities of the neighborhood.
At 5 p.m., an event will take place in tribute to the poet, with the participation of Vicenç Altaió, Tortell Poltrona, Frederic Amat, Laia Estruch, Victor Suñol, Toni Clapés, Cesc Gelabert, Gabriel Ventura and Rosa Tharrats.

Les irreals omegues

This new publication of Les irreals omegues contains a study by Segimon Serrallonga presented by Jaume Coll Mariné as well as a complement of twenty-one poems from other books by J. V. Foix. According to Serrallonga, the eight poems of On he deixat les claus and the thirteen of Desa aquests llibres al calaix de baix are an ideal complement to deepen and give meaning to the reading of the book, one of the great milestones of Catalan literature.

Merry Christmas, by J. V. Foix

Si fos pilot de passatge,
I vencés el Temps i els vents,
I a la ratlla del coratge,
D’un Més Enllà fes imatge
Amb Terra i Cel romanents,
Per Vós faria valises
D’aures antigues i brises,
I estranys i novells piments.
[…]

Però no ho só! Tinc cabana
I llibres, pertot, en feu;
Faig el sord a la campana
—O bé escric a l’altra plana
De la llei que Vós dicteu.
Us duc només l’esperança
Que, Contrast de la Balança,
Alceu els ulls i em mireu.
                  Prades, del Baix Camp

On Friday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m., a reading club led by literature professor Òscar Rocabert took place at the Antoni Tort library in Castellar del Vallès.
In it were read and commented the poems “També vindrem, Infant, a l’hora vella”, “Nova balada del Cap de Creus”, “Si l’altra nit jo cavalcava al ras”, “Ho sap tothom, i és profecia” and “Si jo fos marxant a Prades” from the book Onze Nadals i un Cap d’Any, by J. V. Foix, whose first edition appeared in 1960.

L’Amic de les Arts was the first avant-garde publication in Catalonia and a cultural reference in the first half of the 20th century. Published in Sitges between 1926 and 1929 by Josep Carbonell i Gener, it had among its collaborators J. V. Foix in addition to Federico García Lorca, Paul Éluard, Magí Albert Cassanyes, Sebastià Sánchez-Juan, Lluís Montanyà and Salvador Dalí, who published his first text there. He reproduced graphic works by Dalí himself, in addition to Joan Miró, Picasso, Enric Cristòfor Ricart and Pere Jou.

Place: Sala Vaixells del Palau Maricel, Fonollar, s/n, 08870 Sitges.
Dates: From November 22, 2024 to March 16, 2025

Vas de J. V. Foix al cementiri de SarriàOn October 24, the night route was presented at the Sarrià cemetery. Characters dressed in period costumes explained the history of Barcelona from the history of the cemetery to all those present.
In addition to the niche of Ramon Miralles, mayor of Sarrià and friend of Verdaguer, to whom Vil·la Joana ceded when he was very ill, in the Cemetery of Sarrià there is the vase of J. V. Foix and the tomb of Carles Riba and Clementina Arderiu, presided over by a sculpture by Josep Clarà, among others.

For the third consecutive year, the FNEC has held the J. V. Foix Literary Contest at the Foundation’s headquarters. On Wednesday, October 23, the awards ceremony for this 5th cerament took place. The essay category was deserted.
The winners in the other two categories were Joan Badia (narrative) and Clara Cuevas (poetry).

Inaugurated on October 3rd on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Salvador Dalí, the Museu Diocesà de Barcelona presents an exhibition that claims the relationship of this universal artist with the city of Barcelona.
Curated by Ricard Mas, it shows a journey through a hundred snapshots taken by local photojournalists in spaces linked to the figure of Dalí, whose first exhibition was presented by J. V. Foix.

Days: from October 3 to December 1, 2024. Every day from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Place: Museu Diocesà de Barcelona. Pla de la Seu, 7. Barcelona