The Faculty of Philology and Communication will host a session of the 3rd Salvador Espriu International Symposium, with Raimon as the main guest speaker
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On 9 May, the University of Barcelona will host one of the central sessions of the 3rd Salvador Espriu International Symposium, organized jointly with Pompeu Fabra University and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. With the slogan Espriu recreat: ressons, usos i homenatges, the symposium presents a contemporary review of the work of one of the most influential authors of 20th century Catalan literature.
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Culture
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Academic
29/04/2025
On 9 May, the University of Barcelona will host one of the central sessions of the 3rd Salvador Espriu International Symposium, organized jointly with Pompeu Fabra University and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. With the slogan Espriu recreat: ressons, usos i homenatges, the symposium presents a contemporary review of the work of one of the most influential authors of 20th century Catalan literature.
The conference at the UB will be held in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Philology and Communication and will begin with three talks focusing on the stage dimension and cultural transmission of Espriu: Àngel Costa will analyse the poet’s presence in the work of Terenci Moix; Xavier Serrat will talk about his dissemination among the new generations through the performing arts, and Gabriel Sevilla will address the dramatization of Ronda de mort a Sinera by Ricard Salvat.
At 11.30 am, Professor Maria Moreno will give the talk Tot el paper del fràgil teló pintat, which reflects on the limits and possibilities of representing the Espriu universe. After a short break, the round table discussion Espriu: edicions i recreacions will take place, with the participation of the singer-songwriter Raimon, the musician and poet Pau Alabajos and the philologist Ramon Balasch.
In the afternoon, Professor Sascha Ebeling (University of Chicago) will give a virtual lecture on the reading of Espriu as world literature. Finally, the session will close with a lecture by Amaranta Sbardella (Università di Siena), who will share her experience in the preparation of an Italian anthology of the poet’s work.
The symposium kicks off on Wednesday 7 May at the UPF with an inaugural address by Jordi Cerdà and a round table discussion on Espriu i les arts escèniques, with Carme Sansa, Oriol Broggi and Carles Batlle. On the following day, 8 May, UAB will host a day of great interest for literary criticism and translation studies. Studies on the reception of Espriu in Poland, the Basque Country and Greece will be presented, and there will be presentations by Meritxell Matas and Francesco Ardolino on the Espriu-Sarsanedas epistolary, as well as papers by Sebastià Moranta and Àngel Cano.
The symposium ends on Saturday 10 May with a literary visit to the Sinera cemetery in Arenys de Mar and a public reading of texts by the poet.
This symposium is now in its third year, consolidating its position as a platform for debate and the rediscovery of Espriu. The first two editions, held in 2003 and 2013, brought about a new interdisciplinary approach to his work and laid the foundations for the current continuity of studies. With this new edition, Salvador Espriu is vindicated not only as a central figure in twentieth-century Catalan literature, but also as an author of universal projection, an object of reading and recreation from multiple cultural contexts.
Salvador Espriu (1913-1985) studied Arts at the UB and in 1933 took part in the University Mediterranean Cruise, an educational expedition with a strong humanist and symbolic content, described in the book El sueño de una generación: El crucero universitario por el Mediterráneo de 1933 (2006), by Francisco Gracia and Josep M. Fullola. Author of fundamental works such as Cementiri de Sinera, El caminant i el mur and La pell de brau, Espriu was able to combine collective memory, historical pain and the search for reconciliation in a poetic voice with a moral and aesthetic depth that is still relevant today. This symposium celebrates its relevance, legacy and ability to move and provoke reflection beyond time.
The impact of his works went beyond the literary world and was object of several performances, such as those by Ricard Salvat (1934-2009), director, playwright and professor of History of the Performing Arts, who directed emblematic adaptations such as Ronda de mort a Sinera and Primera història d’Esther, which contributed to projecting its public and symbolic dimension in the most critical years of Catalan culture.
At 11.30 am, Professor Maria Moreno will give the talk Tot el paper del fràgil teló pintat, which reflects on the limits and possibilities of representing the Espriu universe. After a short break, the round table discussion Espriu: edicions i recreacions will take place, with the participation of the singer-songwriter Raimon, the musician and poet Pau Alabajos and the philologist Ramon Balasch.
In the afternoon, Professor Sascha Ebeling (University of Chicago) will give a virtual lecture on the reading of Espriu as world literature. Finally, the session will close with a lecture by Amaranta Sbardella (Università di Siena), who will share her experience in the preparation of an Italian anthology of the poet’s work.
The symposium kicks off on Wednesday 7 May at the UPF with an inaugural address by Jordi Cerdà and a round table discussion on Espriu i les arts escèniques, with Carme Sansa, Oriol Broggi and Carles Batlle. On the following day, 8 May, UAB will host a day of great interest for literary criticism and translation studies. Studies on the reception of Espriu in Poland, the Basque Country and Greece will be presented, and there will be presentations by Meritxell Matas and Francesco Ardolino on the Espriu-Sarsanedas epistolary, as well as papers by Sebastià Moranta and Àngel Cano.
The symposium ends on Saturday 10 May with a literary visit to the Sinera cemetery in Arenys de Mar and a public reading of texts by the poet.
This symposium is now in its third year, consolidating its position as a platform for debate and the rediscovery of Espriu. The first two editions, held in 2003 and 2013, brought about a new interdisciplinary approach to his work and laid the foundations for the current continuity of studies. With this new edition, Salvador Espriu is vindicated not only as a central figure in twentieth-century Catalan literature, but also as an author of universal projection, an object of reading and recreation from multiple cultural contexts.
Salvador Espriu (1913-1985) studied Arts at the UB and in 1933 took part in the University Mediterranean Cruise, an educational expedition with a strong humanist and symbolic content, described in the book El sueño de una generación: El crucero universitario por el Mediterráneo de 1933 (2006), by Francisco Gracia and Josep M. Fullola. Author of fundamental works such as Cementiri de Sinera, El caminant i el mur and La pell de brau, Espriu was able to combine collective memory, historical pain and the search for reconciliation in a poetic voice with a moral and aesthetic depth that is still relevant today. This symposium celebrates its relevance, legacy and ability to move and provoke reflection beyond time.
The impact of his works went beyond the literary world and was object of several performances, such as those by Ricard Salvat (1934-2009), director, playwright and professor of History of the Performing Arts, who directed emblematic adaptations such as Ronda de mort a Sinera and Primera història d’Esther, which contributed to projecting its public and symbolic dimension in the most critical years of Catalan culture.