Sherlock Holmes in Barcelona

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Los secretos de san Gervasio [The Secrets of Sant Gervasi] by writer Carlos Pujol, the research group Carlos Pujol, Literature and Humanism is organising an event entitled “Sherlock Holmes in Barcelona”; a tribute to the first novel in which the famous detective travels to Barcelona to solve a crime.

From 29-31 January, UIC Barcelona will host a series of conferences about the detective story written by this poet, novelist, translator and literary critic, who also published sixteen short stories about Holmes (Fortunas y adversidades de Sherlock Holmes [The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Sherlock Holmes]).  Pujol’s stories will be placed in the context of other contemporary authors from Barcelona who have recreated the character of Sherlock Holmes, such as Joan Perucho, Nestor Luján, Marcel Miralles, Jaume Gabaldà, Sergio Colomino and Lem Ryan.

The event will also include an exhibit with comics, posters, illustrations and books from the Joan Proubasta Sherlock Holmes Collection at the Arús Library.

In partnership with: BcNegra, Biblioteca Sant Gervasi - Joan Maragall, Biblioteca Pública Arús and Círculo Holmes.

Place: Saló de Graus

Pre-registration free-of-charge until full capacity.

Tuesday 29 January

Registration

6.00 p.m. Presentation of the event by Teresa Vallès, principal investigator from the research group Carlos Pujol, Literature and Humanism, and writer and journalist Sergio Vila-Sanjuán.

6.45 p.m. Conference: Sherlock Holmes Among Us, by Josep Lluís Martín, holder of a PhD in Contemporary History

7.30 p.m. Presentation and tour of the exhibition by Joan Proubasta, collector and first president of Círculo Holmes

*Free exhibit, open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m.: “Sherlock Holmes in Barcelona”. Novels, short stories, comics, plays, posters, illustrations and editions of TBO. 

Wednesday 30 January

Presentation of the reissue of Los secretos de san Gervasio, by Carlos Pujol

6.00 p.m. Echoes of English Literature in Los Misterios de san Gervasio, by Carlos Villar, lecturer at the University of La Rioja 

6.45 p.m. Conference: Carlos Pujol and Crime Fiction: Literature as an intelligent source of entertainment, by UIC Barcelona lecturer Teresa Vallès

7.30 p.m. Conference: The Influence of Film in Carlos Pujol’s Narrative: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, by UIC Barcelona lecturer Jordi Puigdomènech

*Free exhibit, open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m.: “Sherlock Holmes in Barcelona”. Novels, short stories, comics, plays, posters, illustrations and editions of TBO. 

Thursday 31 January

*Free exhibit, open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m.: “Sherlock Holmes in Barcelona”. Novels, short stories, comics, plays, posters, illustrations and editions of TBO. 

Pre-registration free-of-charge until full capacity.