Soon afterwards, in January 1938, he was appointed as an interim primary teacher by the Generalitat de Catalunya and assigned to the Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia School in Granollers, where he taught until the end of the war.

Triadu returned to Barcelona in 1945, and after a period working as a teacher in various schools and institutions, he moved to England, where he became reader in Catalan at the University of Liverpool between 1948 and 1950.

almost always chooses badlyAfterwards, he continued his work as a literary critic in magazines including Forja, Pont Blau, Vida Nova, Serra d'Or, the newspaper Avui and in various local, regional and institutional publications.

Leading figures in Catalan literature entered this competition, and it provided an excellent platform for highlighting the work of established writers and the discovery of new talents.

While a member of Òmnium Cultural, he was also involved in the conception and organisation of the Sant Jordi prize for novels, and the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.

After the Generalitat de Catalunya had been restored as the government of Catalonia, he became a member of the Council of Education and Culture, and president of the Standing Committee for the Catalan Language.

His funeral was held in the parish of Barcelona of Santa Teresa of the Infant Jesus, with his coat covered by the Catalan flag and heard by squadron masters in a gala uniform.

In January 2013 a commemorative travelling exhibition was inaugurated at the Palau Robert in Barcelona, that was curated by Joan Josep Isern and Susanna Àlvarez.

It is a project of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Fundació Flos and designed to remember and at the same time to pay a tribute to the teacher, writer and cultural activist.

The opening of the exhibition and the audiovisual projection about Joan Triadú took place on Thursday, January 17, at 7 pm, with the presence of the Minister for the Presidency, Francisco Homs.

Also present, among other authorities, were the general manager of citizen attention and dissemination, Ignasi Genovese, the president of the Foundation for Flos and minutely calculated and son of the honoree, Joaquim Triadú, as well as other family members and personalities from the world of education and literature.

The content of the exhibition is developed in these areas: who i am and why I write; I come from that I say "below"; All you have to do as if it were the last time; Demanding in poetry; In the middle way of life; Teacher is the one who frees us, and read how to live.

The exhibition has continuity in the garden with a selection of texts by Joan Triadú that highlight the importance given to education as a means to change and improve the people.

In order to coordinate the various initiatives, a Centenary Organisation Group was formed, consisting of Teresa and Joaquim Triadú i Vila-Abadal, Carles Duarte, Susanna Álvarez i Rodolés and Joan Josep Isern.

Twenty-seven lectures, 4 round table discussions and 3 academic events on the life and work of Joan Triadú were scheduled between January 2021 and June 2022.

The archive contains the documentation produced and received by Joan Triadú i Font; the result of his creative output, it contains his original work (primarily articles and diaries); and from his activities with associations, documentation relating to lectures, speeches, courses, book presentations, round table discussions and other cultural events, especially those of a literary nature.

Finally, it contains the extensive correspondence he received from figures in the cultural world, including Clementina Arderiu, Avel·lí Artís-Gener, Josep Maria Batista i Roca, Xavier Benguerel, Pere Calders, Salvador Espriu, Josep Vicenç Foix, Marià Manent, Miquel Martí i Pol, Francesc de Borja Moll and Mercè Rodoreda.