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Literary Route in Sabadell in Homage to the Colla de Sabadell

Òmnium Cultural organizes a city tour to commemorate the trajectory of Joan Oliver, Francesc Trabal, and Armand Obiols.

Generic image of a library with wooden bookshelves and a stack of books.
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Generic image of a library with wooden bookshelves and a stack of books.

Around sixty people participated this Saturday in a literary route organized by Òmnium Cultural in Sabadell, in homage to the Colla de Sabadell, visiting places linked to the writers Joan Oliver, Francesc Trabal, and Armand Obiols.

The initiative, which featured David Vila i Ros and Josep Maria Roviralta portraying the characters of Falsilla and Cartipàs, and with Anton Carbonell as guide, allowed attendees to delve into the Sabadell of the 1920s. Throughout the journey, texts, anecdotes, and historical data illustrating the life and work of these prominent authors were shared.
The approximately 90-minute tour began at the Biblioteca Vapor Badia, where the early school years of Trabal and Oliver at the Escoles Pies were explained. The route continued to Frederic Mompou Square, where excerpts such as the Romance del tranvía de Terrassa and dialogues published in the Diari de Sabadell in 1923, during the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, were read. It was highlighted that, despite the regime, the newspaper was published entirely in Catalan.
Carbonell contextualized the formation of the Colla following the excursion to the Font del Saüc in 1919 and recalled their aversion to the poet Joan Arús. The route made a stop at Borriana Street, where the anecdote of the broken streetlights was remembered, one of the Colla's pranks that they used to write articles in the newspaper, posing as indignant neighbors about the vandalism for which they themselves were responsible. Collaborations in the Diari de Sabadell ranged from invented sports chronicles to fake obituaries, all with the aim of having fun and provoking.
A key point was Font Street, 26, the former headquarters of the Casino dels Senyors, which served as the meeting point for the literary group, an artistic space full of eccentricities. Finally, the route returned to the Biblioteca Vapor Badia, where the literary collection of the Colla de Sabadell is preserved, including the posthumous books of Armand Obiols, who never wished to publish during his lifetime. Anton Carbonell concluded with literary recommendations and advocating for the quality of Joan Oliver's theater.

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