Dialogue with Pol Guash and Valentín Romà

Pol Guasch (Tarragona, 1997) graduated in Literary Studies (University of Barcelona) and holds a master’s degree in Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities (UB) and also a degree in Independent Studies from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. He is part of the cultural production company La Sullivan. He has been an associate professor of literature and cultural criticism at the UB and is currently researching contemporary theory and literature at King’s College London with a scholarship. He is the author of the poetry books Tanta gana (Francesc Garriga Prize 2018) and La part del foc (López-Pico Prize 2020), as well as the celebrated novel Napalm al cor (Anagrama Novel Prize 2021) and has recited his verses at national and international festivals.

Valentín Roma (1970), curator of the exhibition cycle In three acts in collaboration with the Fundació Suñol  team, he is a writer, doctor in Art History, curator of exhibitions and current director of La Virreina Center de la Image (Barcelona). Throughout his career he has curated several exhibitions of contemporary art at the Picasso Museum, the Antoni Tàpies Foundation and the CaixaForum, among other institutions. His literary works include the novels La Enfermera de Lenin (2017) and Retrato del futbolista adolescente (2019).