In the middle of the twelve days of Christmas, the year is turning. It’s a time to remember the good and bad in the year that’s fading, and perhaps to hope for something better in the year to come. One…
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Twelve Days: Six Catalan Poets
Tagged with: Anna Crowe, Carles Torner, Catalan, Catalonia, Elies Barberà, Gemma Gorga, Jordi Julià, Josep Lluís Aguiló, Manuel Forcano, New Year, Pere Ballart, Poetry, Six Catalan Poets, Translation
Posted in books, Christmas, language, poetry, translation
Posted in books, Christmas, language, poetry, translation
Catalan Book Week: something new, something old
150 new books are being launched at over 200 events right now in Barcelona – it’s Catalan Book Week. There is much to celebrate, not least the 20th Trajectòria Award going to translator Anna Casassas. You don’t have to go to Barcelona…
Tagged with: Breviculum, Catalan, Catalan Book Week, Catalonia, Ramon Llull, Translation
Posted in books, Illustration, international, language, translation
Posted in books, Illustration, international, language, translation
books and roses
St George is England’s patron saint – and Catalonia’s. April 23, his day is traditionally when Catalans celebrate all kinds of love, by giving red roses, as St George is supposed to have given one to the princess he saved from the…
Tagged with: books, Catalonia, Cervantes, Edith Grossmann, England, Matias de Velasco y Rojas, roses, Shakespeare, Spanish, Thomas Shelton, Translation, Vicete Clavel
Posted in international, literature
Posted in international, literature
