La projecció internacional de la literatura com a dinàmica activa de la difusió de la identitat catalana

Abstract

The international projection of Catalan culture is one of the institutional missions of Catalonia since the recovery of democracy. The intensification of activities to promote culture as a distinctive feature of Catalan identity began at the end of the 80s. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, some specific events, such as the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2007 or the nomination of Barcelona as a UNESCO City of Literature in 2015, reaffirm and strengthen the work carried out by institutions that work strictly on an international level, such as the Ramon Llull Institute, or to a different extent the Generalitat de Catalunya or the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. In the present article, we review the main events related to the international projection of Catalan literature during the 21st century, in order to understand how these political and administrative actions have become a key factor in making Catalan culture visible as an identity in the global arena.

Keywords

• cultural diplomacy
• catalan literature
• international projection
• cultural policies
• artists mobility