Algarabes or Criailleries? Valery Larbaud as promotor and translator of Ramón Gómez de la Serna

Valery Larbaud was not only a writer, but also a translator and a translation theorist. In addition, he is a discoverer of literature for France by eminent foreign authors. He was particularly invested, including financially, in two of these authors: James Joyce and Ramón Gómez de la Serna. For both, he acted as literary agent, patron and translator or proofreader. These are particularities of Valery Larbaud’s commitment to translation, given that he lived with abundant financial means. We will examine the question of how his reflections on translation theory are reflected in his engagement with the work of Ramón Gómez de la Serna and in particular the Greguerías. We will therefore address the question of how Larbaud’s theoretical reflections on translation are reflected in his engagement with the work of Ramón Gómez de la Serna and in particular for his translations of Greguerías en Criailleries.