The guest of honour at each year’s Frankfurt Book Fair becomes the focus for a whole range of activities which offer international projection on two levels. First of all it is an opportunity for the chosen culture to present its literary wealth on an international stage and, secondly, it is an occasion to complement this with a showcase of the culture’s other artistic accomplishments.

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On 24 February 2005, theBoard of Directors of the Frankfurt Book Fair designated Catalan culture as the guest of honour at the 2007 Book Fair. In the letter announcing this decision, dated 1 March 2005, the Fair declared that the diversity of Catalan culture and literature would be welcomed with great interest, both nationally and internationally.

Plans for Catalan participation at the Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the world’s main yearly events, commenced immediately.