Séfer Barcelona: Jewish Literature Festival Palau Robert Thursday 22nd of Septemberre

Friday 23rd of September

11:00h Inauguration. Presidents of the Jewish communities and local authorities. Presented by: Mozaika

10:00-11:30h Lost in translation- Table of translators. Rhoda Henelde Abecasís, Ana Bejarano, Manuel Forcano and Eulàlia Sariola. Presented and moderated by: Arnau Pons

11:30-12:30h Máximo José Kahn: Jewish, Republican, exiled. By Mario Martín Gijón Presented by: Marta Marín-Dòmine 12:30-14:15h There is a Jewish Literature? Table of editors: Valeria Bergalli (Minúscula), Alejandro Dardik (Club Editor), Luis Solano (Asteroide), Raúl Usón (Xordica) The Jewish legacy: Table of editors: Horacio Kohan (Sefarad Editores), Pilar Romeu (Tirocinio), Ignasi Moreta (Fragmenta), Juli Peradejordi (Obelisco) Presented and moderated by David Aliaga 16:30-17:30h Ramon Llull and the Kabalah of Barcelona. Lola Badia talks with Mariona Vernet 17:30-18:30h Poetry and violence. Arnau Pons talks with Xavier Antich 18:30-19:30h Exile and imposture. Ariana Harwicz talks with Joana Masó 19:30-21:00h Closing ceremony of the first day - Palau Robert gardens. Lofoten Cello Duet + Recital of Poetry from XIIIth to XIXth century : Mireia Ros (Actress and Film director), Blanca-Llum Vidal (Poet) and Eva McGowan (Songwriter). Dramatized reading of some fragments of the play “Ser-ho o no: Per acabar amb la qüestió jueva” (“To be or not: To end the Jewish question”) by Jean-Claude Grumberg. Dir.: Josep Mª Flotats. Actors: Pep Planas and Dafnis Balduz. * Entry is free of charge for all conferences and shows * During the Festival there will be an outlet with a fine selection of publications related to Jewish literature and philosophy

* Exhibition at the Palau Robert Gardens Sculpture “I am the tree of life” by Lautaro Saavedra.

With the collaboration and participation of:

Estudis hebreus i arameus

Construcció d’identitats literàries contemporànies, Grup de Recerca Consolidat de la Generalitat de Catalunya

11:30-12:30 Against the silence: Remembering Elie Wiesel. Rosa Pérez Zancas talks with Marisa Siguán Presented by: Rosa Àuria Munté 12:30-13:45h Living on point: two voices of Jewish modernity. Sultana Wahnón (Franz Kafka) and Edgardo Dobry (Alejandra Pizarnik) Presented and moderated by: Teresa Shaw 16:00-17:00h Identity and memory. (simultaneous catalan-english translation) Vicenç Villatoro talks with Lluís Bassat 17:00-18:00h Jews and conversos: dialect and history. (simultaneous catalan-english translation) Borja Vilallonga talks with Miquel Segura 18:00-19:00h Punks not dead: Publications on paper. (simultaneous catalan-english translation) «El funàmbul» (David Cuscó) «Tamid» (Pere Casanellas) «Mozaika» Presented and moderated by: Berta Ares 19:00-20:00h Jewish secularism: an oxymoron? (simultaneous catalan-english translation) Fania Oz-Salzberger talks with Marcelo Dimentstein. 19:00-21:00h Closing ceremony of Sefer BCN Palau Robert gardens. DJ Jam Session: Carlo Gossa by nowalls + An artistic calligraphy action by Didac Pintó for Hebrew, Pablo Khalid Casado for Arab and Adan Liu for Chinese. Artistic performance “The might of the word” by actors from Escola d’Actors i Actrius Nancy TuñónJordi Oliver.