In the 1920s a group of Occitanists headed by editor Josep Aladern and made up of young men such as publicist Josep Carbonell and poet J. V. Foix among others, defended the idea of Catalan Countries integrated in Occitania.

The article by Arnau González i Vilalta has appeared in El Temps magazine of March the 8th.

In the new digital cultural magazine Hänsel i Gretel , Arnau Puig publishes a text where he discusses the final line of J. V. Foix‘s poem «El difícil encontre», included in the book On he deixat les claus… and dated at Calella de Palafrugell in June 1939.

Here you can read the text.

In the «Abans d’ara» section of the February 2nd issue of Ara newspaper, Josep Ma Casasús selected J. V. Foix’s article La palmeta de “don Salvador”.
The whole of this article appeared in La Publicitat newspaper on 23.X.1931 and was reproduced in J. V. Foix ‘s book Els lloms transparents (Edicions 62, 1968).

J. V. Foix has been chosen this month’s author for the “La Casa del mes” (The House of the Month)«La casa del mes» competition, in the Quèllegeixes website.
J. V. Foix (“The House of the Month”) competition, in the “Quèllegeixes” website.
Take part in the competition! A set of J. V. Foix‘s books and a visit to the Foundation will be raffled among all those who get the answers right.

You can find the winner is here.

This year, in Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, the Nativity scene takes the format of a story, and in one of its pages we can see some lines from a poem by J. V. Foix:

«I els núvols, a ponent, són ametistes
Que dibuixen la gepa dels camells
On cavalquem amb barbes futuristes!»

[And the clouds in the West are amethysts
That draw the camels’ humps
On which they ride with futuristic beards!]

Realization: Jordi Pallí

Joan Josep Mayans, músic olotí d’adopció, acaba de treure el disc «A cal fuster hi ha novetat», amb poesia cantada de diversos poetes catalans. Entre d’altres, hi ha «Si l’altra nit jo cavalcava al ras» i «Ho sap tothom i és profecia», de J. V. Foix.

A més, també hi ha Carner, Cummings, Desclot, Dickinson, Espriu, Keats, Marià Manent, Maragall, Pere Quart, Pujols, Riba, Teixidor, Salvat-Papasseit,
Verdaguer, Villangómez i Vinyoli.

Si l’altra nit jo cavalcava al ras

On December the 17th there will be the presentation of the book Correspondència (1952-1985), by J. V. Foix and Albert Manent. We will have the partiticpation of Enrique Badosa, Marcel Ortín and Margarida Trias.

Organized by the Fundació J. V. Foix
Date: December the 17th at 7.30 pm
Where: Aula dels Escriptors de l’ACEC. Ateneu Barcelonès. Canuda, 6, 5a planta.

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ACEC News

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A collection of sixty-one letters that these two writers exchanged between 1952 and 1985. They include several poems by J. V. Foix, two of which were never published before.

As Enrique Badosa says in the epilogue, «From the correspondence between those who know how to write (…) we shall always obtain the plenitude of serene beauty and fine-plucked words.»

Dins del curs de poesia catalana del segle xx que se celebra a Vic, organitzat per la revista Reduccions, la sessió del 16 de novembre està dedicada a Sol, i de dol, de J. V. Foix. Comentarà l’obra Jordi Marrugat.

Dia i hora: 16 de novembre a les 19.15 h
Lloc: Casino de Vic

In the LXI Anglo-Catalan Society Annual Conference, organised by the Anglo-Catalan Society, which will take place at the University of Glasgow, from November the 3rd to November the 15th, J. V. Foix will be present on two accounts.

Gaspar Jaén will approach the subject «Avantguarda, poesia i arquitectura: Mots i maons de J. V. Foix», and Maria Victòria Parra will deal with «J. V. Foix, el poeta amic de les arts. La interartisticitat a Quatre colors aparien el món».

Day and hour: Saturday the 14th November from 16.30 to 20.30 p.m.

To see the entire program, click here.

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