Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Fundació Mercè Rodoreda

The Fundació Mercè Rodoreda is a private foundation constituted by the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) on 25 March 1992. It is the heir to the intellectual rights of the Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí and holds her personal archive together with a complementary library. Its seat is at the IEC headquarters on Carrer del Carme in Barcelona, where the archive, library and secretariat are located. The foundation is governed by a patronat (board of trustees) composed of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, ex-officio patrons and elected patrons, plus a technical commission. The foundation pursues five main objectives: organising the Premis Fundació Mercè Rodoreda for research on twentieth-century narrative; offering grants for research and study of twentieth-century literature, especially on Rodoreda's work and its dissemination; creating a library and archive that gathers all of Rodoreda's publications, translations of her work and any material related to the author; safeguarding the documents of Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí owned by the foundation or entrusted to it; and organising activities to disseminate the writer's work and Catalan literature. Beyond its archival and research mission, the foundation runs a public-facing programme. Its website highlights news such as the inauguration on 15 May 2025 of the Jardí and Espai Rodoreda by the IEC and the foundation, the interactive 'Inspiració Rodoreda' feature on how Rodoreda's literary universe has inspired creators, the 40th anniversary of Rodoreda's death marked with the audiovisual '40 anys, 40 llengües', the literary map Mapa Literari Català of Espais Escrits, the itinerant exhibition and conference on Aloma commemorating 50 years since the second edition, and a literary route on 'La Ginebra d'Aurora Bertrana i Mercè Rodoreda'. The foundation renewed its website in 2017.

The Fundació Mercè Rodoreda was constituted by the Institut d'Estudis Catalans on 25 March 1992 as a private foundation. It was established as the heir to the intellectual rights of the Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí, and it holds her personal archive along with a complementary library. Its seat is at the IEC headquarters on Carrer del Carme in Barcelona, where the archive, library and secretariat are housed. The foundation is governed by a patronat made up of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, ex-officio patrons and elected patrons, together with a technical commission. The foundation's five objectives are: to organise the Premis Fundació Mercè Rodoreda for research on twentieth-century narrative; to offer grants for research and study of twentieth-century literature, especially on Rodoreda's work and its dissemination; to create a library and archive collecting all of Rodoreda's publications, translations of her work and any related material; to safeguard the documents of Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí owned by the foundation or entrusted to it; and to organise activities disseminating the writer's work and Catalan literature. In 2017 the foundation renewed its website. In 2025, on 15 May, the IEC and the foundation inaugurated the Jardí and Espai Rodoreda. The foundation has also marked the 40th anniversary of Rodoreda's death with the audiovisual '40 anys, 40 llengües', supported the Mapa Literari Català of Espais Escrits, and organised an itinerant exhibition and conference on Aloma for the 50th anniversary of its second edition.

• Constituted by the Institut d'Estudis Catalans as a private foundation.

• Renewed its website.

• Publication 'La posteritat i els escriptors catalans' (Barcelona, IEC).

• Inauguration of the Jardí and Espai Rodoreda by the IEC and the foundation.

A cultural foundation dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Mercè Rodoreda and Catalan literature.

• Premis Fundació Mercè Rodoreda

  Awards for research works on twentieth-century narrative.

• Mercè Rodoreda archive and library

  A library and archive collecting all of Rodoreda's publications, translations and related material.

• Espai Rodoreda

  A space inaugurated on 15 May 2025 by the IEC and the foundation.

1. 1Fundació Mercè Rodoreda - Institut d'Estudis Catalansmercerodoreda.cat
2. 2Fundació Mercè Rodoreda - Viquipèdiaca.wikipedia.org
3. 3Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Fundació Mercè Rodoreda - Wikidatawikidata.org