The issue, supported by the Institut Ramon Llull, includes texts by more than twenty Catalan writers, featuring excerpts from works by Maria Arimany, Borja Bagunyà, Eva Baltasar, Max Besora, Blai Bonet, Roser Cabré-Verdiell, Mireia Calafell, Alba Dalmau, Juana Dolores, Víctor García Tur, Andrea Genovart, Pol Guasch, Carlota Gurt, Joan-Lluís Lluís, Ángeles Moreno, Jordi Masó, Marta Orriols, Anna Pazos, Josep Pedrals, Albert Pijuan, Irene Pujadas, Raquel Santanera, Martí Sales, Maria Sevilla Paris, Irene Solà, and Blanca Llum Vidal.

Renowned translators such as Michael Ebmeyer, Jay Uhlemann, Àxel Sanjosé, Guillermo Alvarez Sellán, Birgit Kirberg, Ursula Bachhausen, Laura Hahn, Laura Obradors Noguera, and Kirsten Brandt herself have translated the issue into German.

The publication also features specially created illustrations by Enric Garay, Bea Salas, and Guin Tió.

With this special issue, die horen — one of the most respected literary magazines in the German-speaking world — introduces Catalan literature to new international audiences and highlights the work of literary translators.

The quarterly magazine “die horen. Zeitschrift für Literatur, Kunst und Kritik”, founded in 1955, has been published by Wallstein Verlag since volume 245 (2012). Since 2020, the publication, edited by Andreas Erb and Christof Hamann, has focused on previously unpublished prose, poetry, and drama. The magazine’s title refers to the monthly periodical edited by Friedrich Schiller. The advisory board comprises Christoph Hein (Berlin), Katja Lange-Müller (Berlin), Johann P. Tammen (Bremerhaven), and Safiye Can (Offenbach).