With his hands behind his back and taking short steps – reminiscent of a tin figure taken from an avant-garde poem – Pedro Gimferrer (Barcelona, ​​​​1945) walked, this Thursday at noon, the corridor of the auditorium of the University of Barcelona. The author ofThe mirrors He was to receive the institution's highest honor, the doctorate honoris causa, for his "literary career, which produced a prolific body of work, but also for his great contribution to the studies of art, film and literature," according to Dr. Marina Solé.