Raül Garrigasait
Raül Garrigasait is a writer who, with a PhD in Classical Philology, teaches at the University of Barcelona. Shifting between reflection and narrative, much of his work is concerned with studying elements of a long literary and philosophical tradition to question the idols and ills of modernity. Among his essays in this domain are El gos cosmopolita i dos espècimens més (The Cosmopolitan Dog and Two Other Specimens, A Contra Vent, 2012), in which he explores such issues as cosmopolitanism; El fugitiu que no se’n va (The Fugitive Who Doesn’t Go Away, Edicions de 1984, 2018), about Santiago Rusiñol and the beginnings of modernity in Catalonia; Els fundadors (The Founders, Ara Llibres, 2020), a history of the promotors of the Bernat Metge Foundation; the chronicle País barroc (Baroque Country, L’Avenç, 2020), and the brief essay, La ira (Anger, Fragmenta, 2020), which is published in the “Pecats capitals” (Deadly Sins) series. He has also written the novels Els estranys (2017 – in English, The Others, Fum d’Estampa, 2021), winner of the Llibreter and Òmnium prizes for the best Catalan novel of the year; and Profecia (Prophecy, Edicions de 1984, 2023). He presently heads La Casa dels Clàssics (The House of Classics), a project that works to popularise the universal classics. He has also translated into Catalan authors including Plato, Goethe, Rudolf Otto, Joseph Roth, and Peter Sloterdijk. His most recent publication is La roca i l’aire. Art i religió de Llull a Tàpies (Rock and Air: Art and Religion from Llull to Tàpies, Fragmenta, 2025), an essay on the relationship between art and religion in the Catalan tradition.
Update: 21 January 2025
Contents
Raül Garrigasait and Perejaume
Art and Religion from Llull to Tàpies
You will always be a donkey
Main event of the World Poetry Day 2023
A morning with Miquel del Pozo
The untidy brain
“Mission Curiosity”: Why do we want to go to Mars and not to other planets?
Ricard Solé and Raül Garrigasait give their answers.
Marina Garcés, Raül Garrigasait, Íngrid Guardiola and Anna Punsoda
Three Looks at Freedom
Freedom
Raül Garrigasait, Laura Ginès and Pepon Meneses
Chantal Maillard
Anger
Peter Sloterdijk
The Philosopher's Gaze
Publications
