Martí Sales IN RESiDENCE at the School Narcís Monturiol
Born in Barcelona in 1979, Martí Sales has done a bit of everything. He has played for bands (Els Surfing Sirles, Convergència i Unió), studied literary theory and comparative literature; written (Huckleberry Finn, Moll, 2005; Dies feliços a la presó, Empúries, 2007; Ara és el moment, Amsterdam, 2011; Principi d’incertesa, Males Herbes, 2015; La cremallera, Males Herbes, 2016); contributed to Time Out Barcelona; worked as a translator (John Fante, Kurt Vonnegut, Jim Dodge and so on); acted (with the Amaranto theatre company and at countless events and recitals); produced magazines devoted to object art (Al Buit, 2001-2003); and directed Barcelona International Poetry Festival (in cooperation with Eduard Escoffet, 2010-2012) and Poesia i + for Fundació Palau i Fabre.
Biography written in 2017
Institute Narcís Monturiol
Narcís Monturiol participates for the second time in the program, with a group of 4th of ESO students.
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Situated at the foot of Collserola, on Calle Harmony, Institut Narcís Monturiol is a relatively small school with two ESO year groups and one year group of sixth form. The school has a history stretching back fifty-seven years, and its size allows for a comprehensive overview of the entire educational environment, with everyone's involvement in the school being one of its distinctive features
Information updated as of September 2025
Participants
Students 4th of ESO:
Tanit Callado, Victòria Calvo, Eugeni Casado, Marc Cebrià, Uliana Chersak, Angie Córdoba, Noemí de Sá, Enric Gómez, Ruben Gómez, Cem Koger, Eva Lamonja, Maria López, Ivette Parellada, Enrique Pérez, Georgina Requena, Natalia Romero, Paula Soro, Ciro Torras and Laiba Zulfiqar
Teachers:
Sara Elias y David Larrad
Curation and coordination:
Núria Aidelman, Laia Colell and Agnès Sebastià (A Bao A Qu Association)
Directed by:
Culture Institute of Barcelona
Barcelona Education Consortium
Residencia tied to "Barcelona UNESCO City of Literature" and at the Poetry Week 2018.