Orwell, the Civil War and more – homage to writers who made Catalonia home
George Orwell, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel García Márquez. Just some of the 20th Century's greatest writers who for a time called Catalonia home. Tadhg Prendiville from Barcelona Literary Tours takes Cillian Shields on a trip around the city. Cristina Tomàs White joins Lorcan Doherty to discuss the international poets, novelists and journalists who came to Catalonia – some during the Civil War, some fleeing dictatorships in South America, and others, simply for the adventure. This week's Catalan phrase is 'estar escrit'. Literally 'to be written', it means something is decided, set in stone. The following is a list of writers – and one influential literary agent – mentioned in the podcast. George Orwell Pablo Neruda Isabel Allende John Dos Passos Simone Weil Muriel Rukeyser Colm Tóibín Louis MacNeice Langston Hughes Ernest Hemingway Martha Gellhorn Roberto Bolaño Gabriel García Márquez Carmen Balcells Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Mario Vargas Llosa Truman Capote Eduardo Galeano Cristina Peri Rossi Cristina Rivera Garza Mathias Énard Denise Duncan