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Lecture by Carles Torner: 'Shoah: The excavating gaze'
Date
Tue November 10th 2009, 12:00pm
Carles Torner (Barcelona, 1963) was awarded the
"Amadeu Oller" with A la ciutat
blanca (1984), and
in the same year
received the "Carles Riba" award for
Als lÃmits de
la sal. He continued his
production with the titles such as L'Ã ngel
del
saqueig (1989), Viure després
(1998), awarded the premi de la
"CrÃtica de poesia
catalana", and La núvia d'Europa
(2008).
In 1997 he published the novel L'estrangera, inspired in The book of Ruth from the Bible. He also wrote essays and narratives, with titles such as El principi acollida (1995), where he suggests an intercultural dialog program for international organizations, Shoah, una pedagogia de la memòria (2002), about Claude Lanzmnann's movie, and L'arca de Babel (2005), a compilation of 37 letters addressed to activist women from all over the world.
Torner has worked for different international associations, with top positions in the International Movement of Catholic Students (1986-1992), and International PEN (1993-2004). Since 2004 he has been working as the Head of the Literature and the Humanities Department of the Institut Ramon Llull, which aims for the international promotion and translation of Catalan literature.
He is a member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana.
In 1997 he published the novel L'estrangera, inspired in The book of Ruth from the Bible. He also wrote essays and narratives, with titles such as El principi acollida (1995), where he suggests an intercultural dialog program for international organizations, Shoah, una pedagogia de la memòria (2002), about Claude Lanzmnann's movie, and L'arca de Babel (2005), a compilation of 37 letters addressed to activist women from all over the world.
Torner has worked for different international associations, with top positions in the International Movement of Catholic Students (1986-1992), and International PEN (1993-2004). Since 2004 he has been working as the Head of the Literature and the Humanities Department of the Institut Ramon Llull, which aims for the international promotion and translation of Catalan literature.
He is a member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana.