There are more writers than readers. It is not difficult to find professionals from other sectors of culture at the La Vanguardia literary festival, but when engaging in a more in-depth conversation, it turns out that everyone writes. This is the case of Gerard Quintana, leader of Sopa de Cabra, a lifelong musician, but who already has a few books under his belt. It turns out that today he will present his latest work, La puresa de l'engany (Column), fresh out of the oven. Quintana is an established writer, but he is still a musician. The same thing happens to Rogeli Herrero, from Los Manolos, who is now publishing El gran Peret: de rumba por la vida (Larousse).
And Pablo Rivero, an actor with a long career, famous for playing Toni Alcántara in the television series Cuéntame how happened, is also in the same group. He is also a writer. And not from the fans. He published his first novel in 2017, I Will Not Be Afraid Again, and he has already published it for seven. “They are all thrillers, but they do not have a detective as a common thread, each one tells a different story.” How does he manage to act and write? “I take advantage of any free time. "I'm always working." Last night he took a little break and a glass of wine, but it's not usual.
Emmanuel Guigon is director of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, an art expert. He is proud of his time at the institution “because annual visits have increased to one million people, but we have also attracted 18% more visitors from Barcelona.” It turns out that Guigon is also a writer: “I have published countless books and art catalogues,” he says proudly.
And Llucià Homs is also an expert in art. He now acts as a consultant and leads the cultural projects of the Cercle del Liceu. In addition, he has been writing weekly articles in La Vanguardia for eight years that at any time could become a compilation book.
“I have never written anything,” says Ainhoa Grandes, president of the Macba Foundation. Finally someone who dedicates herself to her own thing: “I love art and I focus on promoting culture,” she explains. And something similar happens to Poldo Rodés, he is a documentary filmmaker, and he says that he has never had the slightest intention of writing. “I have never been invited to this party either, but I just come and enter,” he confesses. He has been sneaking into the Alma Hotel every night on April 22 for more than a decade. But everyone is delighted because Rodés also runs the Giardinetto restaurant, which is also attended every April 22nd (and very happy) by all the stragglers from the La Vanguardia party.
