On June the 7th, the 13 pupils that won the Jocs Florals poetry comptetition held in the Poeta Foix School on the Saint George’s Day came to visit the accompanied by Màrius Pla, the School Director, and by the teacher Susanna Parra.

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On Thursday June the 15th, and as a part of the Palau i Fabre Year and the 30th aniversary of J. V. Foix’s death, in an event organized by MUHBA, the Fundació J. V. Foix and the Fundació Palau, Pere Gimferrer and Vicenç Altaió will devote the act entitled «J. V. Foix i Josep Palau i Fabre, elective similarities» to approach the friendly and professional relationship between these two great Catalan poets.

Day and hour: Thursday June the 15th at 7 pm

Site: MUHBA Vil·la Joana. Casa Verdaguer de la literatura
Ctra. de l’Església, 104 (Vallvidrera)

How to get there.

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On Tuesday June the 6th and as part of the poetry seminar «Poetes en temps de penúria» («Poets in Times of Scarcity»), organized by Antonio Alegre at the Laie bookshop, Jordi Cornudella will devote his session to the poet J. V. Foix.

Date and time: Tuesday June 6th, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Place: Lliberia Laie, Pau Claris 85 08010 Barcelona
Price for session: 20 €

Here you can read the program.

The exhibition “Enemic de gàbies. Joaquim Molas i les avantguardes”, curated by Professors Enric Bou and Jordi Cerdà, can be visited from May 23 to August 27, in Room 4, at the Palau Robert in Barcelona. The exhibition reveals the study by Joaquim Molas of the literary and artistic avant-gardes in Catalonia, one of whose exponents was J. V. Foix.

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On June the 1st a Conference to pay homage to the poet Enrique Badosa will take place on the occasion of his 90th anniversary. Badosa has translated the Catalan poets J. V. Foix and Salvador Espriu into Castilian, in addition of being a publisher and literary critic.

Day and hour: June the 1st from 10 am to 7 pm.
Place: Aula Capella at the Universitat de Barcelona. Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585.

Here you can get the programme.

The third edition of the Jornades d’Història i Cultura Local will take place at the Arxiu Històric in Castellar del Vallès on Thursday May the 19th. The event will be devoted to personal library funds, including J. V. Foix’s, as well as Joan Arús’s, Joan Oliver’s and the personal funds that are diposited at the Biblioteca d’Humanitats of the UAB.

Date and time: May 19th, 5:30 pm.
Place: Arxiu Històric de Castellar del Vallès

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Here you can read the Actual article.

As every year, the Sant Jordi day, the Poeta Foix school celebrated the «Jocs Florals». Among others, it was awarded the Extraordinary Prize of Poetry J. V. Foix, that won Santiago Oviedo Sanz, from 6 A.

Here you can consult the prizes.

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The Institut J. V. Foix, in Rubí, contributes to the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of J. V. Foix‘s death with a series of events, such as an exhibition of books by Foix in its library, as well as a collection of photographs and information about his life and a chronological line.
Some bookmarks have been designed by students of the first year of ESO on the occasion of Saint George’s Day.

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At Sant Llorenç dels Morunys, close to he Torrents de Lladurs, the place of origin of the Foix lineaje, the group Xarxa has organized a poetic walk as part of the events to commemorate Saint George’s Day as well as the 30th anniversary of J. V. Foix’s death. Some texts by J.V. Foix will be read by Moixic during the walk.

Place: Sant Llorenç dels Morunys
Day and time: Saturday April 22th at 10.00 am.

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On April the 20th and on the occasion of the Saint George’s Day, the Casal Català in Brussels joins the thirtieth anniversary of Foix’s death with the lecture «Oh Foix!», by Ferran Bach, who was the poet’s reader between 1982 and 1986.

Place: Espai Catalunya Europa (Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat, 227 – 1040 Brussels)
Day and hour: 20 April at 6.30 pm