«I mentre érem el temps, de dintre meu es va alçar una força estranya, com si m’acabessin de fer de ferro per dintre, com si la meva mare, darrera de la fornal, m’hagués fet de ferro barrejant-me amb el ferrer. I per primera vegada vaig sentir què era la força d’un noi quan es va desfent de ser criatura.»

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 20. Rodoreda ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Com Orfeu poso música
a la mort tocant les cordes de la vida,
i a la bellesa de la terra
i als teus ulls que administren el cel
només els sé dir coses fosques.

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Bèsties és una col·lecció de pòsters que combinen poesia i imatge d’autors reconeguts de la literatura universal. Una tria de fragments –pòstums, inèdits, oblidats– per part dels traductors, poetes catalans actuals, es presenten en un format trencador que defuig la parcel·lació paginada per projectar en un sol espai el sentit unitari dels poemes. Cada pòster va acompanyat d’una portada que inclou un pròleg del traductor, que contextualitza la tria i situa l’autor.

L'entrada Bèsties 19. Bachman ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Pel desert de la nit, lliure d’hipnòtics,
sens recer ni fronteres ni poblat,
sota el flagell d’un gran poder despòtic,
el pensament es llança desbocat.

Víctor Català (L’Escala, 1869-1966) was the pen name used by Caterina Albert i Paradís. A central figure in Catalan modernisme and, by extension, in 20th century Catalan literature, Català standed out because of her narrative prowess and an incisive style, which was a reflection of her original and independent character, as evidenced in her short stories (Drames rurals, 1902) and in the acclaimed novel Solitud, one of the most universal works in Catalan literature. She led a reclusive life in her Empúries home, and continued writing and publishing after the dissolution of the Noucentisme movement: some scattered works in the 1920s and a string of prose and short story collections in the 1940s and 1950s, published by Editorial Selecta. Her main works remain popular and are regularly reprinted in Catalan.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 18. Català ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

This selection constitutes the first ever publication of the Carnets in Catalan. They are a fascinating counterpart to the rest of his work and give the original context to some of his most famous quotes.

Aquest sondroll de manantials al llarg dels meus dies. S’escorren al meu voltant, a través dels prats ensoleiats, després més a prop, i aviat tindré aquesta sonoritat dins meu, aquest manantial al cor, i aquest soroll de font acompanyarà tots els meus pensaments. És l’oblit.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 17. Camus ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 16. Woolf ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

«The entirety of Emily Dickinson’s poetic work —a corpus of 1800 poems— can be structured around five main themes: love, death and immortality, nature, pain and anguish, and religious experience. In this selection I have focused mainly on her metaphysical poetry. I find it overwhelming that someone who spent her years in almost complete reclusion could have such a vast inner life and could question with such deep understanding the role of people in the transit of life, and the possibilities of afterlife.» (From Míriam Cano’s foreword)

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 15. Dickinson ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Gertrude Stein (Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1874 – Paris, 1946) was an American writer, although she spent most of his life in France. She is considered to have been the catalyst of modern art and avant-garde literature. In Paris, her position allowed her to use her house as a meeting point between American and French intellectuals. As a poet, she is known for innovating and experimenting with language. Author of the famous verse “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”, her poetry is collected in over twenty books.

Sam Abrams (Beckley, West Virginia, 1952) is an American poet, essayist, translator and literary critic. He moved to Catalunya in the seventies and graduated in Hispanic Filology (UAB). He has held teaching positions, has been secretary of the PEN Català association, has translated over twenty collections of modern Catalan poetry into English and has introduced many lesser-known poets of the English-speaking world into our literature. Among his publications as a poet are Calculations… (1997) and T’estimo. Més de cent poemes d’amor i desig (2002). He is currently codirector of the book collections “Clàssics” (Editorial Proa) and “Calaix de Versos” (Eumo).

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 14. Stein ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Màrius Sampere (Barcelona, 1928) is a poet. His first collection, L’home i el límit, earned him the prestigious Carles Riba poetry prize in 1963. Through the seventies and the eighties he won several awards and his books were published regularly. From the 90s onwards his work recieves institutional recognition and popular acclaim, as he recieves such accolades as the Serra d’Or Critics’ award for Subllum (2000) or the Premi de la Crítica, the Ciutat de Barcelona and the Nacional de Cultura awards. In 2010 he is awarded the Premi Jaume Fuster, chosen by Catalan writers.

Mireia Vidal-Conte (Barcelona, 1970) is a poet and translator. Bachelor of Information Science (UAB) and Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (UB), her work has featured in many anthologies, such as El poder del cuerpo  (ed. Meri Torras), Donzelles de l’any 2000 or Eròtiques i Despentinades, Trentaquattro Poeti Catalani per il XXI secolo. She has translated the works of Brigitte Oleschinski, Jordi Carrió and Eugènia de Vasconcellos. Her work has been translated into Italian and Czech.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 13. Samper ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Allen Ginsberg (USA, 1926-1997) was a poet, leading figure of the Beat generation. He acted as a nexus between the Beat movement of the 50s and the hippies of the 60s, and was friends with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith and Bob Dylan. Ginsberg’s poetry was heavily influenced by Modernism, Romanticism and the beat and cadence of Jazz, but also by his following of the Kagyu school of Buddhism and his Jewish upbringing. He considered himself to be a successor of William Blake and Walt Whitman. The power of his poetry, his long verses and his New World-influenced exhuberance reflect the continuity of the inspiration he strived for.

Gerard Cisneros (Manresa, 1989) is a poet and bachelor in Philosophy. Some of his poems can be found in the collection Bolets (GNURF, 2013), published jointly with Enric Casasses and Edgar Alemany. He is a regular presence in poetry readings around the country.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 12. Ginsberg ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.

Blai Bonet (Santanyí, Mallorca, 1926-1997). Poet, novelist and art critic. A conflictive relationship with religion and his struggle with tuberculosis marked his personal and literary trajectory. In 1958 he published El mar, a novel that caused a stir both because of the subject matter and its literary treatment. In it, he incorporated new experimental trends that were in vogue around Europe. His efforts to create his own personal language, evolving towards the free-form, culminated in the poetry collection L’Evangeli segons un de tants (Carles Riba prize, 1962). In 1990 he was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi distinction by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Pau Vadell Vallbona (Santanyí, Mallorca, 1984) has a consolidated career as a poet, writer, historian, cultural administrator and editor. He has published several poetry collections, such as Quan salives (BTV prize, 2005), Convit al silenci (J. M. López Picó prize, 2009) and Temple (Miquel Àngel Riera prize, 2009). He is a regular contributor to the literary magazines Pèl capell, Caràcters, Poetari and Superna. He is coordinator at the publishing house AdiAedicions.

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Bèsties is a wallpaper collection that combines the poetry and the portraits of some of the most acclaimed authors of universal literature. A selection of excerpts —posthumous, unpublished, forgotten— are presented in a groundbreaking format by the translators, current Catalan poets. The posters escape the parcelling of conventional pagination to project in a single canvas the unity of meaning emanating from the poems. Each wallpaper comes with a separate front page including a foreword by the translator, which contextualizes their selection and situates the author in their context.

L'entrada Bèsties 11. Bonet ha aparegut primer a Edicions Poncianes.