The celebration of the second Night of Catalan Letters will present significant novelties. The event, led by Òmnium Cultural and the Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), will repeat its venue, the Oval Hall of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), but it will be brought forward by almost a month –moving from March 15 to February 20, to distance itself as much as possible from Sant Jordi–, it will incorporate two awards, and it will increase the prize money for several historic awards.

Bees, drones and the occasional absent-minded fly fly over the flowers that can be seen in the garden dedicated to pollinating again, with delight. Mercè Rodoreda (1908-1983). This space of calm and bursting beauty has just reopened its doors at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans coinciding with the inauguration of a room also dedicated to the author of Diamond Square and Broken mirror, where you can see several of the author's typewriters, glasses, some of the enigmatic paintings he painted and even an orange blouse that the writer wore in a photo taken in the 1970s, when she was already an indispensable literary reference.