Writers List
10:00 What is Catalan
literature?
Catalan literature is the central
element in the presentation by
this year's Guest of Honour.
But, what is Catalan literature?
Participants:
Pere Gimferrer, Salvador
Giner, Joan Francesc
Mira, Carme Riera
Moderator:
Cecilia Dreym�ller
11:30 From mother tongue
to literary language
Authors of diverse origins
(Benin, Slovenia, England,
the Czech Republic), who
now write in Catalan, explain
their journey from mother
tongue to literary language.
Participants
Agnes Agboton, Simona
Skrabec, Matthew Tree,
Monika Zgustova
Moderator
Petra Diebold
13:00 Contemporary literature
in translation LIVE
Pere Gimferrer,
Die Spiegel, der
�de Raum (Mirall,
espai, aparicions)
Reading from the work
Die Spiegel, der �de Raum,
published by Hanser Verlag,
an anthology of poetry by
the great contemporary poet.
The author will be present.
Participants
Pere Gimferrer
Moderator
Ignacio Olmos
Reader
St�phane Bittoun
14:00 Cities, generators
of culture
The Catalan-speaking territories
have actively promoted the
concept of cultural capitals.
Amposta 2006, Lleida 2007,
Perpignan 2008 and Tarragona
2016 present their experiences.
Participants
Il�lm. Sr. Joan Pau Alduy, Il�lm.
Sr. Josep F�lix Ballesteros,
Josep Bargall�, Il�lm. Sr.
Manel Ferr�, Il�lm. Sr.
�ngel Ros, Xavier Tudela
15:00 Carme Riera, Within
the Blue Beyond and
The English Summer
Carme Riera is one of the
leading authors in contemporary
Catalan literature and
her works have long been
published in Germany. The
author will be present.
Participants
Carme Riera
Presented by
Cecilia Dreym�ller
Reader
Birgitta Assheuer
16:00 Catalan, a global
Language
The situation of the Catalan
language with respect to the new
technologies: presentation of
new tools and the .cat domain
linked to the language.
Participants
Josep Bargall�, Jordi
Iparraguirre, Miquel
Pueyo, Joan Laporta
Moderator
Petra Diebold
17:30 The city as a literary
Landscape
The city, the urban landscape,
is one of the key motifs in all
contemporary fi ction, including
Catalan. Six Catalan authors
will speak about their urban
sources of inspiration.
Participants
Llu�s-Anton Baulenas, Imma
Mons�, Josep Piera, Josep
Maria Quintana, M�rius
Serra, Ramon Solsona
Moderator
Lerke von Saalfeld