The ever-dynamic and instructive Laura Borràs closed the event with a speech that underlined the project’s aspirations and the indispensable support given by the Generalitat of Catalonia, considering its national impact. Borràs compared the interaction of talents at Faber with the legendary Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence) in Madrid, which is a melting pot for countless intellectuals throughout its decades of existence. The Director of the Institute of Catalan Letters read a fragment from a letter that one of these intellectuals—Federico García Lorca—wrote to his parents describing what he did at the residence: “I read nonstop all day”, and stressed the importance of humanities, nowadays often quite overlooked.
To bring the event to a close, a group photo was taken and some snacks were provided. It was during this time that the other residents—the writer Philip Hoare, the translator Satu Ekman, the writer Jorge Galán, and the television producer Erga Netz—were able to informally answer questions from the fifteen or so reporters there. They were all witnesses to the birth of a new project that seeks to bring together the very best talent in arts, letters, and sciences from around the world over the years.