The Secret Life of Writers
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Pati de les Dones Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
Image courtesy of Centre de Curltura Contemporania de Barcelona
The Irish writer Colm Tóibín, who has just published The Magician, speaks with the writer Jordi Puntí about the power of fiction when offering insights into the lives of great creators.
Colm Tóibín, is one of Ireland’s most important literary figures today. He is a writer of insatiable curiosity that has led him to write novels, stories, poetry, writing librettos for operas, and also film scripts. The Magician (published in Catalan and Spanish by Amsterdam / Lumen, 2022), is his last book, a fictionalized biography of Thomas Mann, author of The Magic Mountain. In this work, Tóibín explores Mann’s life during the rise of Nazism and also his secrets, especially his homosexual desires, which he kept hidden all his life.
Colm Tóibín speaks with the writer Jordi Puntí about the art of fictionalizing the lives of artists, discussing the main challenges and dilemmas that arise in the task of reconstructing a life in fiction. He will also talk about his long relationship with Catalonia, where he has set some of his most memorable stories.
Event will be held in English and Catalan with simultaneous translation from English to Catalan.
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