Jaume Subirana – författare

This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization processes. Specifically, it analyzes the role of Ibero-American mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer’s association) and the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural and global history, sociology, and literary studies, the book uses an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has traditionally studied major figures and important centers of cultural production, but other regions and localities also played a crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international relations, global and cultural history, sociology, postcolonial Studies, world and comparative literature, and New Hispanisms.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429299407, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization processes. Specifically, it analyzes the role of Ibero-American mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer’s association) and the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural and global history, sociology, and literary studies, the book uses an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has traditionally studied major figures and important centers of cultural production, but other regions and localities also played a crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international relations, global and cultural history, sociology, postcolonial Studies, world and comparative literature, and New Hispanisms.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429299407, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Over the last twenty years there has been a growing international interest in the city of Barcelona. This has been reflected in the academic world through a series of studies, courses, seminars, and publications. The Barcelona Reader hinges together a selection of the best academic articles, written in English, about the city, and its main elements of identity and interest: art, urban planning, history and social movements. The book includes scholarly essays about Barcelona that can be of interest to the student and the general public alike. It focuses on cultural representations of the city: the arts (including literature) provide a complex yet discontinuous portrait of the city, similar to a patchwork. The authors selected create a kaleidoscope of views and voices thus presenting a diverse yet inclusive Barcelona portrait. The Barcelona Reader offers a multifaceted assessment that will be essential reading for anyone interested in this iconic city.

Award-winning poet, translator, and academic, Jaume Subirana is one of Catalonia’s most treasured poets, winning some of its most prestigious prizes for his poetry and essays. In an eloquent translation from accomplished poet and translator Christopher Whyte, The Silent Letter showcases Subirana’s sharp observations, delicate eye for detail, stunningly beautiful images, and poignant suspension of the moment.

La cultura es fuente, a veces beligerante, de identidad colectiva, y archivo de lo que cada sociedad ha vivido o imaginado, una fuente y un archivo en que los escritores tienen el poder de nombrar y de contar. En el caso de la cultura catalana, autores como Jacint Verdaguer, Joan Ma­ragall, Salvador Espriu o Miquel Martí i Pol (considerados por muchos "poetas nacionales") han escrito y cedido palabras que luego han sido esenciales a la hora de establecer, mantener y reproducir la idea de comunidad. A cambio, han obtenido un importante reconocimiento público. Este es o quiere ser un libro de historia cultural. Y un libro, como reza su subtítulo, sobre escritores, literatura e identidad: el último siglo y medio puede ser visto como un largo esfuerzo de la cultura catalana por "ser", y en ese esfuerzo lo literario ha jugado siem­pre un papel destacado.

El digital de cultura ha publicat La catalana lletra de Jaume Subirana, el primer ebook en format ePUB de la Biblioteca del Núvol. Durant la darrera dècada, Subirana ha anat publicant a El Periódico articles mensuals que són petites radiografies de la literatura catalana. Peces breus i incisives, que carreguen ponderadament o elogien sense desmesura. La catalana lletra és una exploració crítica de la situació de la literatura catalana actual. Subirana és poeta i professor de Literatura Catalana a la UOC. Lector fi, observador pacient i serè de les polèmiques culturals que fan tempesta en un ecosistema sovint massa reclòs en si mateix.