Escriptor de l’Any or Writer of the Year is a program that brings a Catalan author to the United States each year. This year’s author is Maria Barbal, who has won numerous awards for her work, including the Catalan government’s Creu de Sant Jordi (Saint George Cross). Barbal will talk on her best known book, Pedra de tartera (Stone in a Landslide), published 30 years ago, her narrative drive and writing as a way of understanding life. The initiative ...