Illa sees within the prominence of Catalonia within the FIL “a renewed brotherhood with Latin America” | News from Catalonia | EUROtoday

The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, inaugurated this Monday the Catalonia stand on the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). “The FIL is a beginning of the renewal of the brotherhood of Catalonia with Latin America,” stated the pinnacle of the Government, who appeared accompanied by the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, and the advisors of Culture and the European Union and Foreign Action, Sònia Almodóvar and Jaume Duch, respectively.

“There are two values ​​that have caught my attention since I arrived in Mexico,” stated Illa upon arrival on the stand. “Hospitality and dynamism. Both are welcoming lands. We are experiencing a new stage of cultural and social dynamism and this is reflected by the FIL,” continued the pinnacle of the Government. The truthful started final Sunday in that Mexican metropolis and could have its doorways open till subsequent day the seventh.

Illa has referred to as for this “renewed fraternity” with Mexico to be a chance to “recover all the cultural ambition” of Catalonia. This plan, he defined, includes Barcelona exercising its “double cultural capital” in Spanish and Catalan. “We will do it without complexes,” added the presidentwho has assured that the literary occasion in Guadalajara can be an important alternative to additionally present Catalan gastronomy, audiovisual manufacturing and plastic arts to the Latin public.

The Catalan Government now desires to deepen its ties with Latin America and sees Mexico as a spearhead in that goal. Illa has as soon as once more thanked the Mexican folks for welcoming the hundreds of Republican refugees who arrived fleeing the Civil War final century. “We have acted as a bridge between Latin American cultures and with Spain,” he recalled, after referring to the function of the Catalan capital within the increase Latin American.

The Catalan capital is the visitor of honor of the thirty ninth model of the FIL and the Generalitat needed to make the most of that tractor to point out off much more. Catalonia has a 135 sq. meter stand, the place 110 publishers can present their work in several codecs and in Catalan and Spanish. This is a 71% improve in editorials in comparison with the earlier yr. In addition, a complete of 10 Catalan literary companies complement the delegation organized by the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), the Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya and the Associació d’Editors en Llengua Catalana. Illa has additionally highlighted that Catalonia hosts 80% of the manufacturing of the Spanish publishing trade.

Jaume Collboni added in a speech in Catalan that 74 of the publishers on the stand publish books in Catalan, a few of them might be discovered proper there, and he talked about some titles comparable to To the intruder by Irene Pujadas. He has additionally thought-about the “great opportunity” that FIL gives to small publishers, who can promote new translations and discover readers in Latin America.

Beyond FIL

He president He has been on an official go to to Mexico since final Saturday and might be within the Latin American nation till subsequent Thursday. With an agenda that has mixed occasions of historic reminiscence and institutional collaboration, the president now devoted yesterday to promoting the richness of Catalan tradition and the potential of its publishing sector at some of the vital festivals within the sector.

Before attending the FIL, Illa met together with his counterpart from the State of Jalisco, Pablo Lemus. Picking up on the thread of their assembly in Barcelona final April, each leaders signed a memorandum of collaboration on completely different subjects, together with cooperation between their analysis facilities, Artificial Intelligence and supercomputing. “We have many possibilities and common points to enrich each other,” stated Illa.

In order to strengthen these ties, each presidents have conspired to acquire a direct flight between each cities. From Madrid and Barcelona it’s at present doable to journey to Mexico City and, relying on the month of the yr, to Cancún, however there aren’t any connections with different massive cities comparable to Guadalajara. “The degree of collaboration that exists between both cities justifies a direct line,” defended Lemus.