Los Jocs Florals de la lengua catalana en el exilio: el caso de Costa Rica (1955)

The article analyzes the celebration of the Jocs Florals, a literary contest in the Catalan language, which took place in San José, capital of Costa Rica, in 1955. In Spain, the Franco dictatorship had prohibited demonstrations in Catalan. In this way, cultural and literary initiatives such as the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Perera Roura, Anna
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/18889
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/18889
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Certàmens literaris -- Catalunya
Jocs florals -- Catalunya
Literature -- Competitions -- Catalonia
Floral games -- Catalonia
Exili en la literatura
Exiles in literature
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Summary:The article analyzes the celebration of the Jocs Florals, a literary contest in the Catalan language, which took place in San José, capital of Costa Rica, in 1955. In Spain, the Franco dictatorship had prohibited demonstrations in Catalan. In this way, cultural and literary initiatives such as the traditional Jocs Florals were relegated to exile. The case of the Jocs Florals of Costa Rica is unique due to the presence of the President of the Republic, José Figueres, in the celebration of the proclamation of the winners and the speeches he gave as a member of the contest's honor committee