"THE MALLORCAN ROUNDS" DAY

Last Saturday, the "Mallorcan fables" conference took place at the Alcover Institution in Manacor. Likewise, this day was also a tribute to professor Josep Antoni Grimalt, professor emeritus of the UIB. The reason for the celebration of the act is the completion of the commented edition of the 'rondalles'.

Act of 'The Mallorcan fables'

The act has been called ‘Les Rondalles Mallorquines, from society to academia, a tribute to Josep A. grimalt'. Different important personalities have participated in it, like Jaume Guiscafrè, Nicholas Dolls, Joseph Temporal, Barbara Duran, Antony Mir, Caterina Valdriu, Michael Sbert, Barbara Sagrera, Maria Magdalena Gelabert and Joan Lluís Monjo.

On the other hand, Antony Mir, Carme Oriol, Magdalena Gelabert, Josep Grimalt and Bàrbara Duran have participated in the round table of the act. Mir, Secretary of the Moll., Drive of the commented edition, He wanted to reaffirm the need to keep the cultural heritage that is the ‘Rondalles’ alive.

Commented edition of the ‘Rondalles Mallorquines’

Josep A. Grimalt and Jaume Guiscafré, Professor and Director of the Department of Catalan and General Linguistics of the UIB, They are about to finish their work of the commented edition of the compilation of the ‘Rondalles Mallorquines’.

This edition about to be finished stands out for its strong informative character, based on solid investigation, and for bringing few texts known and accessible to readers. These new texts are the notes of Alcover's notebooks in which the ‘Rondalles’ that was collecting during their work pointed out. Además, The commented edition reproduces the ‘Rondalles’ as wrote them Alcover. The expressive wealth of the characteristic Catalan language of Mallorca at the end of the 19th century is therefore intact.

The Alcover Institution

The institution Alcover is a public institution that is born in 1999 With the aim of honoring and spreading the figure of Antoni Maria Alcover I Suraleda in its own land, Manacor.

This institution has contributed and continues to contribute to the dissemination of the life and work of Alcover, The ‘Rondalles Mallorquines’, With the desire to keep his legacy alive and publicize his monumental task.

With that goal, It was urged Alcover supports and promotes research on different topics around the figure of Alcover. Likewise, It is dedicated to the organization of cultural activities to promote and disseminate Catalan language and culture.

 

By Maite Vallejo

 

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