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"Affe im Zoo". Werner Rollow, 1989
BERLIN ZOO revisited. THE TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
BERLIN ZOO revisited. THE TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
From Embryo to Completion (2014-2023)
The Embryo: the invitation to the talk “ Writing in a Minority Language: A Damnation or a Blessing”. Reading excerpts of the novel Berlin Zoo and commenting on them with Dr. Marta Minkiewicz at Księgarnia Hiszpańska, Wroclaw, Poland, September 2014.
The idea of the translation into English by Dr. Ron Puppo, (2021 Ramon Llull Literary Translation Prize, 2016 “Serra d'Or” Critics Prize Winner) who included Berlin Zoo in the list of novels for Institute Ramon Llull Translation Workshop:
The Completion: the translation of the 10 chapters’ novel by Dr. Kathleen McNerney, (2019 North American Catalan Society award-winning literary translator).
BERLIN ZOO, the novel in Catalan
BERLIN ZOO, the novel in Catalan
1. The Production of the Original Novel in Catalan
-> Sponsored by the Institution of Catalan Letters:
“Beca ILC per a creadors culturals per a una estada a Berlín 1989”
2. The editions and published translations
Berlin Zoo, Barcelona: Ed. de la Magrana, 1991. 232 pages
Cover: photograph of the author by Carme Puértola
Book Page Marker here
Berlín-Zoo. [Special edition. Recommended Novel 1992]. Barcelona: Cercle de Lectors, May 1992.
"Letra de Pau". Translation into Occitan by Gilabèrt Narioo of “Carta de Pau”. Pau: Reclams. (October 1992): 9-22.
3. The Reception of the Novel
-> Berlín Zoo won the Cassà Prose Prize 1990 (Jury: Assumpció Cantalozella, Joan Carreras, Josep Maria Fonolleras, Narcís Pladevall & Toni Ruscalleda.
El Punt. Cultura, 29 April 1990, p. 22.
El Punt. Cultura, 1 May 1990, p. 22.
-> Selected within “Los 100 del Periódico” (100 best titles for World Book Day including Foreign Authors, Children Books, Juvenil Fiction Essay and Poetry: “ “Los 100 libros que a nuestro juicio son los más interesantes de entre los que se pueden hallar en el mercado por Sant Jordi”), El Periódico, (23/4/1991): VIII.
-> Presentation in Arenys de Mar with Fèlix Cucurull & Teresa d’Arenys. VIP invited author: Ferran de Pol
Review by Ferran de Pol in Arenys, núm 511, May 1991. p. 136-137.
Interview by Lluís Bonada in El Temps (20/05/1991): 69.
Mention by Jordi Casellas in El Diari de Barcelona, (23/4/1991): 19.
-> Presentation in Vic with Antoni Pladevall and Jaume Marín (7/6/1991)
Interview by Enric Martín in El 9 nou (7/6/1991): 27.
Review by Víctor Sunyol in El 9 nou (24/6/1991): 18.
Review by Joan Josep Isern in Avui (20/04/1991): IV.
Selected Books April 1991. in Cultura, April 1991, p.3.
Selected book May 1992. by Cercle de Lectors and Grup del Llibre
Review by Antoni Pladevall in Revista de Catalunya 54 (Jul-Aug.1991):157-158.
1991
Revista de Catalunya. Barcelona, Núm. 54 (1991, Juliol-agost), p. 157-158
-> Presentation in Occitany: with Author & Translator Gilabèrt Narioo Escòla Occitana d’Estiu, Vilanova d’Olt, 19/7/1991.
Review by Enric Bou in El País (18/7/1991): VII.
Review by Lluís Figuerola in Avui (10/08/1991): VIII.
-> Presentation in Barcelona with Maria Oleart & Jaume Fuster. (15/11/1991)
Review by Pau Joan Hernández in Diari de Barcelona (29/11/1991): II.
-> Presentation in Paris with Marie Claire Zimmermann & Hélène Beaulieu. Centre d’Études Catalanes – Sorbonne Paris IV within Conference by author on “L’escriptor català i el viatge. Una mirada a l’univers de l'altre" (27/04/1993)
-> Presentation in Chur (Switzerland) in Symposium "Kleinsprachen – Grosssprachen, Literatur der Minderheiten" (10-12 June). Reading. 10/6/ 1994.
MANUSCRIPT LETTERS BY SCHOLARS AND WRITERS PRAISING THE NOVEL
Manuscript Letter Signed by Marie Claire Zimmernann, Director of the Centre for Catalan Studies in Sorbonne Paris IV previous to her invitation to the Sant Jordi Book Fest 1993 in Paris. (Christmas 1992).
Manuscript Letter by Catalan Author and historian Fèlix Cucurull, President of the Narcís Roca i Farreras Association, previous to his acceptation to copresent de novel with Teresa d'Arenys, April 1991.
Manuscript Letter by Mossèn Josep Bigordà, President of the Jury of the Amadeu Oller Poetry Prize, May 1991.
Manuscript by Pere Elies i Busqueta, Catalan Author and language professor comparing it with his own latest work, November 1991.
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