Casa de la Literatura en Graz. Austria

Abstract

[EN] Literature in Graz. This relationship has existed for decades and has not only given the city a reputation as a centre of committed literary activity in Austria but has regularly been addressed and discussed at a socio-political level. The bizarre encounter of local down-to-earth quality and avant-garde literature in a city whose image of itself is to a considerable extent derived from its southern location, strongly oriented towards northern Italy, continues to bear fruit and in 2000 led to the municipal administration setting up a competition for a Literaturhaus (House of Literature) beside the existing “Kulturhaus” in a 19th century palace.

[ES] La Casa de la Literatura está situada en un antiguo palacio en Graz que se remonta a principios del siglo XIX. Una de sus especiales características es un hermoso patio tipo jardín repleto de viejos árboles. Debido a la específica situación topográfica y a la demanda de grandes espacios para las muchas actividades relacionadas con la literatura como Capital europea de la cultura en 2003, surgió la idea de construir un nuevo edificio en el patio y reacondicionar el palacio existente.