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Chair Josep Pla of literature and journalism

Aims

Of the Chair of Literature and Journalism, Josep Pla

“Vitality is the key to everything. If I have it in abundance, I’m sure I can achieve things with a feather in my hand. Vitality is more important than intelligence. The highest form of intellectual vitality is probably memory.”

Josep Pla. Notes disperses. OC XII.

The main aims of the Chair of Literature and Journalism, Josep Pla, are

  • To collaborate with and advise Group 62 so that copies of Josep Pla’s work reach bookshops in reliable and informative editions.
  • Collaborating with Josep Pla’s heirs, offering them guidance about the literary heritage they are depositories of and acting as intermediary, where applicable, to defend the writer’s interests.
  • Collaborating with and advising on the strengthening of the Documentary Centre of the Josep Pla Foundation, helping its cataloguing and ordering, promoting its digitisation, and promoting dissemination.
  • Forming a research team capable of preparing critical, revised editions of Josep Pla’s major works.
  • Regularly organising research and information activities on Josep Pla and his works.
  • Undertaking other research works and disseminating the books and works of the author.
  • Opening the University’s doors to modern writers to promote the rereading of Josep Pla’s works from a contemporary standpoint.

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