34 years of Catalan literature in Paris comes to an end
The only bookshop dedicated to Catalan and Occitan writing in the French capital is to close in June
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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 Dalí was deeply in love.
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 and Harold Bloom, among others.
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 20th century.
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 European Institute for the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Liber International Book Fair focuses on e-reading as business expansion and challenge
The 28th edition of the Liber International Book Fair ends tomorrow in Barcelona. This year’s 3-day fair focuses on new technologies such as the Ipad, book tablets and other electronic reading material.
Harlan Coben wins the 4th RBA International Prize for Crime Writing with his novel ‘Live Wire’
At the ceremony held Thursday night in Barcelona, U.S. novelist Harlan Coben received the award for the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing for his novel ‘Live Wire’. The new book reflects on the limits of sincerity and forgiveness and is part of his hit series starring his alter ego, private detective Myron Bolitar.