Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (Institute of Catalan Letters) is a Spanish organization based in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

. An entity of the Government of Catalonia, it was founded in 1937 by intellectuals who were loyal to the

Republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

. Its immediate predecessor was the Grup Sindical d'Escriptors Catalans (Association of Catalan Writers Group; 1936). The institute was initially set up in four sections: *Editions: Josep Carner, Carles Riba, Ernest Martínez Ferrando, Joan Oliver, Cèsar August Jordana *Journals:

Antoni Rovira i Virgili Antoni Rovira i Virgili () (26 November 1882 – 5 December 1949) was a Spanish politician and journalist who was president of Catalonia's Parliament in exile after the Spanish Civil War. His term of office lasted from 1940 to 1949. In his honour ...

, Jaume Serra i Húnter, Ferran Soldevila, Armand Obiols, *Internal relations: Josep Pous i Pagès, Jordi Rubió, Pere Coromines, Joaquim Ruyra, Josep M. Capdevila *External relations:

Pompeu Fabra Pompeu Fabra i Poch (; Gràcia, Barcelona, 20 February 1868 – Prada de Conflent, 25 December 1948) was a Catalan engineer and grammarian. He was the main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language, and is the namesa ...

, Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer, Francesc Trabal, Gabriel Alomar Since its re-founding in 1987, the institute's deans have been Jordi Sarsanedas (1988 – 1999), Feliu Formosa (1999 – 2001), Maria Antònia Oliver (2001 – 2004),

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet Josep Maria Benet i Jornet (; 20 June 1940 – 6 April 2020), also known as "Papitu", was one of the most renowned Catalan playwrights, considered one of the main renewers of Catalan theater. Biography He was born in a tiny Barcelona apartment ...

(2004 – 2006), Josep Maria Castellet (2006 – 2010) i Francesc Parcerisas (2010 – fins a l'actualitat) i directors Oriol Pi de Cabanyes (1988 – 1996), Magdalena Oliver (1996 – 1998), Francesc Parcerisas (1998 – 2004), Jaume Subirana (2004 – 2006), Oriol Izquierdo (2007 – 2013), Laura Borràs Castanyer (2013 – 2018), Joan-Elies Adell (2018 – 2019), Oriol Ponsatí-Murla (2019- today). In 2012, the institute celebrated its 75th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition at the Palau Moja in Barcelona.

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External links

Official website
(In Catalan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Institucio de les Lletres Calatanes 1937 establishments in Spain Research institutes in Catalonia Linguistics organizations Organisations based in Barcelona Politics of Catalonia Articles containing video clips