Francesc Trabal a Xile: activisme cultural trasplantat

The redefining of the Catalan writer’s functions and social projection which the foremost members of the so-called “Grup de Sabadell” embarked upon in the 1930s had a special continuation in the series of cultural initiatives which Francesc Trabal led from his Chilean exile. This article provides previously unpublished data on Trabal’s relationship with the Chilean PEN Club and on the children’s books publishers Rapa Nui. Both projects were paradigmatic of Trabal’s efforts to carry on with a certain type of cultural and literary activism in spite of the dispersion and the lack of political power attendant on the exiles’ predicament.