Literature

06.06.2013 - 10.17 pm Tom Sharpe leaves an unfinished autobiography after dying in his Costa Brava house aged 85 The world-famous English satirical writer, author of the ‘Wilt’ series and the novel ‘Porterhouse Blue’, died in the Catalan coastal village of...	22.03.2013 - 10.03 pm Catalan literature on show at the 2013 Paris Book Fair since Barcelona is this year’s guest city Classic and contemporary authors from Catalonia, writing in Catalan or in Spanish, are one of the main attractions of this year’s Salon du Livre in...	14.02.2013 - 06.07 pm Ildefonso Falcones: “If ‘Cathedral of the Sea’ had not been published, I could not have done the same effort again” A week before Ildefonso Falcones’ third novel ‘The Barefoot Queen’ goes on sale, CNA interviews the Barcelona lawyer that became internationally...	25.01.2013 - 06.10 pm Ildefonso Falcones’ new novel ‘La reina descalza’ will be on sale the 21st of February Ildefonso Falcones, the writer from Barcelona who rose to fame thanks to his best-selling debut ‘Cathedral of the Sea’, will publish his third novel...
06.09.2012 - 09.02 pm Michael Connelly wins the RBA Award for his novel ‘The Black Box’ The American crime fiction writer won the sixth RBA Prize worth €125,000 for his work ‘The Black Box’. The novel, which was the winner out of 217...	05.09.2012 - 08.18 pm Catalonia’s Shakespeare Festival returns after its cancellation in 2011 due to the crisis After one year without the Shakespeare Festival, it has now returned. However, it will take place in a new place and with a new partner: La Perla 29...	23.04.2012 - 05.50 pm The legend of Sant Jordi alive and kicking There is a special feel to the streets of Catalonia on 23rd April as for one day locals set aside their daily concerns to celebrate a unique...	17.04.2012 - 09.43 pm Barcelona will be the guest city at France’s most important book fair The Catalan capital will be the guest city in the 2013 edition of the ‘Salon du livre’ in Paris, the most important book fair in France. Barcelona is...
02.02.2012 - 07.33 pm BCNegra 2012 gathers more than 60 thriller writers specialised in the ‘black novel’ From the 2nd to the 11th of February, Barcelona is at the centre of the thriller novel. The Carvalho Prize will be given to Greek writer Petros Mà...	11.11.2011 - 09.17 pm The first production of the Barcelona International Theatre project premieres in Freiburg Theatre director Calixto Bieito, who has developed his career in Catalonia, presented a new play in Freiburg based on the masterpiece‘The great...	13.09.2011 - 08.14 pm The poet Jordi-Pere Cerdà dies Jordi-Pere Cerdà was awarded Catalonia’s highest distinctions, including the National Prize for Literature, the Cross of Sant Jordi and the Prize of...	31.08.2011 - 06.43 pm Catalan author Jaume Cabré publishes a new novel after 'Les veus del Pamano' ‘Jo confesso’ (‘I confess’) is the new novel by Catalan author Jaume Cabré (Barcelona, 1947). Seven years after publishing ‘Les veus del Pamano’,...
08.04.2011 - 09.10 pm An autobiography from Salvador Dalí’s muse reveals a surprising side of Gala The manuscript has been discovered in Dalí and Gala’s castle in Púbol. It reveals the writer dimension of the woman with whom the painter Salvador...	19.03.2011 - 11.08 am Haruki Murakami wins this year’s ‘Premi Internacional Catalunya’ The Japanese writer wins the 23rd edition of Catalonia’s top award. Other winners have included Jimmy Carter, Aung San Suu Kyi, Claude Lévi-Strauss...	09.02.2011 - 09.41 pm US editorial house Open Letter publishes a selection of Mercè Rodoreda stories ‘The Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda’ is the book’s title. It is the second English translation of this Catalan author from the second half of the...	14.12.2010 - 08.39 pm Italian resident of Barcelona wins best Euro-Mediterranean story of the year Barcelona resident Alfredo Zucchi wins first place for his story 'Milena è una bomba' in the ‘Sea of Words’ contest, organised by the...