Kosmopolis Programme 2024

Colm Tóibín

The Passionate Imagination

Colm Tóibín, one of the most relevant writers of the Anglo-Saxon literary scene, talks with Àlex Vicente about the power of imagination in artistic and literary creation.

Anna Ballbona, Tina Vallès, Toni Pou and Francesco Ardolino and La Calòrica

The imperfect city by Italo Calvino

In this conversation with Tina Vallès, Anna Ballbona and Toni Pou, moderated by the expert on Italo Calvino Francesco Ardolino, we analyze how the author, throughout his narrative and essay production, gives us uncomfortable examples, complicated itineraries and convoluted routes that lead us to reflect on our way of living in the territory and relating to others.

Kim Hye-jin and Eva Piquer

Breaking the silences

In this conversation with journalist and writer Eva Piquer, Kim Hye-jin, one of the most outstanding and original writers of contemporary Korean literature, talks about her literary universe and her ability to create essential universal stories about the ways of living in the contemporary world.

Ottessa Moshfegh and Lucia Lijtmaer

The art of introspection

Writer Ottessa Moshfegh, author of the acclaimed My Year of Rest and Relaxation and one of the most unique voices of her generation, talks with writer Lucía Lijtmaer in the wake of the publication in Catalan and Spanish of her first work, McGlue.

Scholastique Mukasonga and Pere Ortín

Microphysics of a genocide

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, the writer Scholastique Mukasonga speaks with journalist Pere Ortín about her literary career and how she can evoke today the tragic events that have marked the lives of the Rwandan people.