Jedno od najvećih književnih otkrića u posljednje vrijeme: katalonski luđak Miquel Bauçà. Gotovo nevjerojatna, totalna radost dok čitaš monolog šiznutog, paranoičnog pripovjedača.
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Miquel Bauçà: the invisible poet
(2006)
Synopsis: This
documentary on the life and work of Majorcan poet, Miquel Bauçà
(Felanitx 1940 – Barcelona 2004) is structured as an unnerving picture
dictionary, progressing from M to A and back to M, starting with
“Morir-se sol" (Dying alone) and ending with "Mort" (Death). Fragments
of dramatization, archive material and interviews, treated in a variety
of visual effects (sepia, black & white, colour), recreate key
aspects of Bauçà's childhood, such as his relationship with his father
or the sudden death of his mother; significant moments in his
adolescence, like his years at a Theatine seminary or his military
service on the island of Cabrera; his first years in Barcelona, and his
futile attempts at normality - marrying, becoming a father, but finally
separating; the writing of some of his master works; or his return to
Majorca where he would live as a recluse in a caravan; and his later
years, compulsively writing vast book-dictionaries or attempting total
invisibility in the heart of Barcelona. A number of his poems and texts
are fictionalised: from Una bella història (A beautiful story) to Les
Mirsines (The myrtles), from Carrer Marsala (Marsala Street) to El
vellard (The old man), from El canvi (The change) to Els somnis
(Dreams).
Interviewees feature his older sister, Maria Bauçà; poets Joaquim Horta,
Bartomeu Fiol, Lluís Solà and Arnau Pons; journalists Jordi Maluquer
and Andreu Manresa; neighbours Glòria Rimbau and Concepción Quílez;
friend and psychiatrist Pep Clusa; companion Amor Estadella; editor
Bernat Puigtobella; and writers Biel Mesquida, Mª Antònia Oliver, Jordi
Coca and Miquel Obiols.
The puzzle’s connecting thread is a character, performed by actor Pep
Tosar, who is at once Bauçà himself and a researcher delving into the
poet’s life and work. Via his manias we relive daily situations and
characteristic tics of the poet, such as his obsession with personal
hygiene, spying on the neighbours, writing endlessly on continuous rolls
of paper, or building wooden furniture.
Cast: Pep Tosar, Manuel Bronchud, Pepa Charro, Daniel Fuster
3:AM Cult Hero: Miquel Bauçà
In her introduction to The Siege in the Room translator Martha Tennent writes: “Critics placed his work in the line of European experimental writers such as Robert Walser, Dino Buzzati, and Franz Kafka (though he could equally have been compared to Thomas Bernhard for his unapologetically obsessive vitriol)..” So why haven’t we heard of Catalan poet and experimental prose writer Miquel Bauçà? For one, his ‘unapologetically obsessive vitriol’ – he has been accused of misogyny, homophobia and racism. That, and a self-imposed literary exile (an ‘apartment hermit’, he lived in a bookless apartment with a writing desk that lined an entire room) has meant that his reputation as a kook has overshadowed the writing. Yet in his own lifetime (Bauçà died in 2005) he wouldn’t have it any other way, going so far as refuse literary prizes (for Carrer Marsala) and advocating that all writers should lead furtive lives. And what of the work? His prose, as Tennent puts it, strikes a ‘delicate balance between madness and the quotidian drudgery necessary for survival.’ She continues: “His stylistic innovations, his corrosive humor, his fantastic depiction of disturbed minds in claustrophobic worlds, and his refusal to offer his readers an easy ride make him a preeminently original writer.”
Further: Author’s page at Dalkey Archive Press / spotlight on Bauçà in Transcript / biography on Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC) / documentary, Miquel Bauçà, poeta invisible.
- www.3ammagazine.com/
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Cast: Pep Tosar, Manuel Bronchud, Pepa Charro, Daniel Fuster
3:AM Cult Hero: Miquel Bauçà
In her introduction to The Siege in the Room translator Martha Tennent writes: “Critics placed his work in the line of European experimental writers such as Robert Walser, Dino Buzzati, and Franz Kafka (though he could equally have been compared to Thomas Bernhard for his unapologetically obsessive vitriol)..” So why haven’t we heard of Catalan poet and experimental prose writer Miquel Bauçà? For one, his ‘unapologetically obsessive vitriol’ – he has been accused of misogyny, homophobia and racism. That, and a self-imposed literary exile (an ‘apartment hermit’, he lived in a bookless apartment with a writing desk that lined an entire room) has meant that his reputation as a kook has overshadowed the writing. Yet in his own lifetime (Bauçà died in 2005) he wouldn’t have it any other way, going so far as refuse literary prizes (for Carrer Marsala) and advocating that all writers should lead furtive lives. And what of the work? His prose, as Tennent puts it, strikes a ‘delicate balance between madness and the quotidian drudgery necessary for survival.’ She continues: “His stylistic innovations, his corrosive humor, his fantastic depiction of disturbed minds in claustrophobic worlds, and his refusal to offer his readers an easy ride make him a preeminently original writer.”
Further: Author’s page at Dalkey Archive Press / spotlight on Bauçà in Transcript / biography on Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC) / documentary, Miquel Bauçà, poeta invisible.
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