leerse Literary Residency Barcelona: Mikel Ayllon

Writer Mikel Ayllon will undertake a literary residency through an agreement between the Etxepare Basque Institute and the Barcelona City Council as part of the Barcelona City of Literature programme. The writer-in-residence was selected through a call for applications.

Ayllon will spend three weeks at the Vil·la Joana centre for writers, where he will work on a playwriting project called ‘Hegan egiteko gogoa da’.

‘Hegan egiteko gogoa da´ is slated to premiere in 2025, performed by two professional theatre companies from the Basque Country. The play will be a hybrid between theatre and art installation. Ayllon will refine the script of the play during his time in Barcelona.

Mikel Ayllon is a translator by profession, although he has also worked as a journalist and cultural programmer and has written several books including ´Ez tiro egin anbulantziei´ (2015) and ´Zoriontsuak izatea erabaki genuen´ (2021).