Barcelona, Aug 23 (EFE) A brain tumor .- today is over 64 years to the life of Jaume Vallcorba, “father” of publishers Quaderns Cream and Cliff, and a free spirit that only that which you published like, from the poems of March Ausiàs authors “forgotten” as Stefan Zweig and Imre Kertész or “young talent” as Quim Monzo Catalan and Sergi Pàmies.
Although a time that had transcended messed ago health Vallcorba death philologist and essayist, one of the pillars of the Catalan edition of the last decades, to be buried Monday in Barcelona, has caused a shock in the Catalan cultural area.
The Minister for Culture, Ferran Mascarell, highlighted its enormous editorial work, a “great and enlightened humanist,” which was always characterized, has said, for its commitment to quality and excellence.
also the director of the Institution of Catalan Letters, Laura Borras, has emphasized the “extraordinary rigor and high professional standards” that always marked the path Editorial Jaume Vallcorba.
Meanwhile, Quim Monzo undoubtedly one of the authors most associated with the figure of Vallcorba, has used his Twitter account to remind the editor with some videos of John Lennon, Elton John and Bryan Ferry, under the heading “In memoriam Jaume Vallcorba.”
Born in Tarragona on 21 November 1949, Vallcorba studied Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a doctorate at the University of Barcelona with a thesis on Josep Maria Junoy and early European avant-garde.
Although devoted to teaching for a few years at the universities of Bordeaux III, that of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra, in 2004 he left to focus on his work as editor, began in 1979 with the launch of Quaderns Crema, where he introduced the “Poesies” Ausiàs March, and “The Preludi” Ibizan Antoni Marí
These two titles aimed one of his challenges. presenting classics in new editions and incorporate names in the Catalan capital, but apart from the mainstream of the time.
This editorial also provided a platform for new authors, what happened with Quim Monzo clearly, Sergi Pàmies, Ferran Torrent and Empar Moliner, and also published key signatures of world literature as Montaigne, Kafka, Lord Byron, Poe, Chekhov Zweig or Kertész.
Twenty years later, he founded Cliff to recover in Castilian classics like Aristotle and Diderot with a catalog was also incorporated into Apollinaire, Chesterton, Nadine Gordimer, Hermann Hesse, Fernando Pessoa and Roberto Bolaño.
Vallcorba responded to throughout his life to a very specific profile editor and circumstances experienced in recent times by his colleagues and Anagram Tusquets had become the last Mohicans of Spanish independent publishers.
“The editor must know how to shut up and not be too visible. Often must do so in theater ‘the departure from the scene’ was said, because humility is critical, “warned Vallcorba future editors.
Among his personal production include” parking les feres ” , 1974; books of poems “Onades i estels” 1974; “A l’hivern especials preus” 1976, and “postals” 1981, and “Reading the Chanson de Roland” <. / p>
the contrary has happened on other occasions, Vallcorba received all possible awards in life, the sector, the Book Fair of Guadalajara (Mexico) which granted the editorial merit recognition in 2010, and administrations. National Award for best editorial work of the Ministry of Culture (2002) and the Gold Medal of Cultural Merit of the City of Barcelona
His last public appearance was during the delivery of the National Awards Culture of the Government in June 2014 in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, where, accompanied by his wife Sandra Ollo, took the stage to collect the award saying, excitedly, “this award is an honor and pride today. I thank you. “
The poor health kept him out a few days later, on July 1, in the final lesson of the Master’s edition of the University Pompeu Fabra, but his wife, Sandra Ollo, read a text editor after his death can be considered professional will.
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