Michael Ebmeyer: As Pep Guardiola next to me was reading poems – THE WORLD

state of mind: relaxed enthusiasm. For one thing, burn, but stay loose; or for two things. We should all strive for, and Pep Guardiola demonstrates how it goes. As a coach, he has taken the most noble and most difficult mission that just is pending in the international professional football club – to make Bayern Munich a team that not only chronically outdated title, but finally also plays terrific nice. A whole new culture

And now we may even see him in his second passion:. As enthusiastic readers, as Lyrikrezitator. He steps into the meeting room, the back of the second floor of the Munich Literature House, 20 minutes before the event begins. Not in the suit, we are here not in the stadium, but the T-shirt. Shaking hands in the room, throws the friendly little Guardiola smiles around the room and sits down next to me at the conference table to move through the process. Knapp and concentrated. And impartially. We plan something together, while it may all others go to Pep, himself it’s all about Miquel Martí i Pol. His favorite poet, which a fatherly friend and mentor was him at the same time, and he wants to celebrate today.

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But as the celebration should look like, because it depends entirely on our desires. Emphasize a couple of poems in German, so that the program is not too long? Sure, of course. But really let all the poems in Catalan there? Agreed. Not only the questions that I have posted last week, he should answer me, but twice as many? No Problem. Actor Thomas Loibl, who will perform the German translations of the poems, he has particularly warmly welcomed. Loibl thanked him then by reading enjoyable subtly for actresses relations

Three cultural institutions have for months and increasingly worked frantically to this evening:. The German Goethe, the Catalan Ramon Llull and even the Munich Literature House. All this time has no one had all of us with Pep Guardiola even contact. The correspondence was about his sister, and his final commitment came only in mid-June. I myself know only since May what I may be brought.

How do I get the honor? The chance may indeed, if he wants to be quite enchanting. I have experience performing and moderation that have many, I know my way around a bit with literature, which do a lot.

His voice is soft and rough at the same time

I speak Catalan and can reasonably interpret that is not so widespread. I have next to some Fiction previously published two nonfiction, one over Catalonia and one about football. And so I am, hey presto, the Moderator of choice.

The stage situation is wonderful, as soon as the agreed two minutes photographers and cameramen are over. For one thing, Guardiola as uninhibited as unexcited by Martí i Pol and his poetry raves and describes how he sat at the poet, who, hard MS-sick, could hardly speak in the closet, and was read to him. On the other hand, because he really has a great reading voice, gentle and rough at the same time, very sonorous, as created to give three cheers for the irresistible musical verses Martí i pole

We begin with two of his poems from” La Fabrica “, workers poetry from the early seventies. I think a return to the committed literature overdue, so I am pleased that we finally hear once again a bit of it. Nevertheless, I ask my question in the defensive mode that we have far too accustomed: Awaken such poems today only nostalgia

But Guardiola does not believe? from the withdrawal in the non-binding nature: “Great poems are there forever.” And issues such as the rebellion against the mighty or the sad circumstances in which most people have to spend their working lives, but today are as current as ever.

At this point, I know the poetry evening runs smoothly. No crunch in the dramaturgy, Peps words always very emotional and at the same time to the point. So we suggest our small arc through the work of Martí i pole, through its legendary love poems in “Estimada Marta” to the “Llibre de les solituds”, the “Book of Solitudes”, which he dedicated to the couple Cristina Serra and Pep Guardiola.

Good natured and quick-witted answers Pep also the inevitable football questions, but must, unfortunately creating that he had at that time the Barca players to motivate the pretty legend of the world poems by Martí i Pol read. As far as the fusion of literature and sport does not go after all.

However, he says he would be happy if his Bayern players to him now a could give few German-language book tips.

I’m not his spokesman

“Punt i final”, ” Point and Final “is the last poem he recites. We have changed the order in this case, so only the German version, the Catalan, so that the music stops in the area. After the departure of the stage Pep Guardiola is patient once the cameras and the autographs. He writes what one holds out to him, they are accustomed to, so looks his life, and neither he seems to become annoyed, nor will anything fancy it. Today is the main thing: Mission accomplished, celebrated poet

answers he is now no more.. I am the only one who was allowed to ask him questions that evening, that’s my privilege. What causes a television crew constantly grilling me after the event why Guardiola is insets for the independence of Catalonia. When I would be his spokesman and as it would be today not gone to more important things.

I have him for my copy of “Poesia completa” by Miquel Martí i Pol given sign. “En Miquel és el millor !!”, he has written into it – “Miquel is the best !!” With two exclamation points.

Pep is the best.