Monday 9 September, saw the opening of the exhibition on the literary route J. V. Foix in this town on the Costa Brava, where Foix spent the summers from 1925 to 1987, the year of his death. This exhibition was designed in 2012, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the poet’s death, with the collaboration of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. It goes through twelve points related to Foix’s work.
The exhibition can be visited from Monday 9 to Sunday 15 September from 10am to 8pm at l’Illa, 13.
On the occasion of the centenary of Salvat-Papasseit’s death, the magazine El temps publishes an interview with the editor Jordi Cornudella, who this year has published three key works of three Catalan poets of the 20th century: the Complete Poetry of Salvat-Papasseit, the poetry between 1917 and 1936 by J. V. Foix (Cap má no em diu adéu) and Gabriel Ferrater’s Papers sobre literatura.
Comparing Foix’s book from 1917 to 1936 and Salvat’s from 1917 to 1924, Salvat’s proposal is much more convincing. Although Salvat dies young, his poetry is complete poetry, says Cornudella.
You can read the full interview here.
El The Centro Andaluz de las Letras organized the cycle “Cien años del Surrealismo” to celebrate the centenary of the publication, by André Breton, of the first manifesto of this movement. International specialists analyze authors who were influenced by this trend. The activity, which began in Granada on May 16 with a dialogue between Enric Bou and Antonio Jiménez Millán, coordinator of the cycle, extends the program until the month of September.
Here you can see the poster.
On the night of June 21 it was announced that the new Sarrià library will be called J. V. Foix. After eleven days of voting, the name of the poet from Sarrià has won by 781 votes, ahead of the 426 of the translator Carme Serrallonga, the 167 of the cartoonist Núria Pompeia and the 67 of the writer Emili Teixidor.
The residents of Sarrià have understood the universal relevance of Foix and that the writer has made the neighborhood lasting through his work.
Sarrià is honored by Foix’s work, and has been honored by giving his name to the library.
On Thursday 13 June we organized, with the help of the neighborhood, an event in Plaça de Sant Vicenç de Sarrià to support the name of J. V. Foix for the new library in Sarrià.
Margarida Trias read a statement from the Foundation and then Glòria Bordons, president of Espais Escrits, spoke. More than twenty people participated, including Lloll Bertran, Ainara Elejalde, Celdoni Fonoll, Òscar Intente, Rosa Renom, Carles Sales, the poets Anna Pantinat, Tònia Passola and Marta Pessarrodona, the poet from Sarrià Josep Ma Fulquet and the singer Ignasi Roda.
Here you can see Vicent Partal‘s closing speech.
You can see de poet’s video of the poets reciting here.
Presence of J. V. Foix
29/05/2024
The poet of Sarrià Josep Ma Fulquet has published an article in the digital magazine Núvol, which had previously appeared in the newspaper El Jardí de Sant Gervasi i Sarrià. According to him, the decision of the name of the future library of Sarrià is too important to leave it in the hands of a popular consultation and, instead, it must be dictated by the intellectual weight and the literary work of the figure who name the library.
Here you can read the article.
Although it is expected to be inaugurated at the end of the year, the name of the Sarrià library is still a mystery, while that of J. V. Foix, the author of Sarrià par excellence, encounters the partisan dispute of the old town.
The writer and journalist Joan Safont Plumed has published an excellent article on this issue at Vilaweb.
You can read it here.
Sant Jordi at the Poeta Foix school
08/05/2024
Once again, at the Poeta Foix school they have celebrated Sant Jordi’s day. Committed to Catalan literature and identity, they have organized the Floral Games as every year.
The Book Club families have presented the Floral Games prizes to the winners in recognition of their literary creativity and talent. This day has also been an opportunity to reflect on the identity of the school by working on the figure of the poet who gives it its name: J. V. Foix.
On April 22, an event was held at the University of Barcelona to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the National Federation of Students of Catalonia. As a tribute to the Catalan language and culture, current and historical militants of the Federation read texts by leading authors of Catalan literature, among which J. V. Foix, who had a leading role. The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, welcomed the audience.
Here you can see the photographs.
J. V. Foix in the ranking of Tornaveu Poètic
24/04/2024
For Sant Jordi, Tornaveu Poètic, created by Enric Umbert-Rexach, and which aims to present poems read by the poets themselves or by rhapsodes, accompanied by a video, has published the list of the five most visited video readings, among which has J. V. Foix. The other four are, in alphabetical order, Maria Josep Escrivà, Gemma Gorga, Josefina Maymó and Adrià Targam.
Here you can see and listen to the most listened to poems.
