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List Of Catalan-language Poets
This is a list of poets and writers writing in the Catalan language. Medieval poets *Anselm Turmeda *Arnau March *Ausiàs March *Bernat Metge * Gabriel Móger * Gilabert de Próixita * Guerau de Maçanet * Jacme Rovira *Jacme Scrivà *Jaume March II * Jaume Safont * Joan Basset *Joan Roís de Corella *Jordi de Sant Jordi * Lluís d'Averçó * Lluís Icart *Lorenç Mallol * Melchior de Gualbes *Pau de Bellviure * Pere d'Abella *Pere March *Pere Miquel Carbonell *Pere de Queralt *Pere Tresfort *Ramon Llull Early Modern Poets *Francesc Fontanella *Francesc Vicenç Garcia *Josep Romaguera *Juan Ramis Romantic and Early Modernist ("Modernistes") poets *Jaume Agelat i Garrega *Joan Alcover *Miquel Costa i Llobera *Bonaventura Carles Aribau *Víctor Balaguer * Joaquín Bartrina *Manuel Milà i Fontanals *Àngel Guimerà *Joan Maragall *Alexandre de Riquer *Jacint Verdaguer Modernist and contemporary poets * Anna Aguilar-Amat (b. 1962) * Joaquim Amat-Piniella * Joan Brossa (1919–1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that (Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenç Mallol
Lorenç Mallol (, older spelling ''Lorenz''; fl. 1350) was a Catalan poet of the fourteenth century, the first Petrarchan of his country and one of the last troubadours. His two surviving pieces are composed in Old Occitan. His first name is also spelled Laurenç () in modern Occitan and Llorenç () in modern Catalan. Lorenç presented a certain ''vers figurat'' ( figured verse), ''Sobre·l pus alt de tots los cims d'un arbre'', to the Consistori del Gay Saber in Toulouse, a mystic allegory of Jesus Christ (''Ihus lo salvaire''), who is the ''auzel(l)et tot blanch'' (little all-white bird), and the Jews, who are a ''corps mot vils'' (most vile corpse). The ''arbre'' (tree) signifies ''la vera crotz'' (the true cross). The poem has two ''tornadas'', one to ''Mon Ric(h) Thesaur'' (my rich treasure), a ''senhal'' (code name) for the Virgin Mary and another to the seven lords (''senyor set'') of the ''consistori del Gay Sauber''. It is Enrich de Villena, a lord of the Consistori de B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaume Agelat I Garrega
Jaume Agelet i Garriga (1888-1981) was a Catalan poet. He was born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain and died in Madrid. He was a graduate in law. In 1920 he entered the diplomatic service and was stationed in Vienna, Mexico, Washington, The Hague and finally Paris, his main residence after 1935. Works He was the author of diverse works, which integrated the Noucentisme movement with symbolism Symbolism or symbolist may refer to: Arts * Symbolism (arts), a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism ** Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries ** Russian sy ... and neo-populism. He was also an occasional contributor to "La Revista", "La Nova Revista", " Quaderns de Poesia" (Poetry Notebooks) and "Vida Lleidetana" (Life in Lleida). As most of his works were published outside his native Catalonia, he was perhaps better known internationally than in his home country. Many of his works were published in 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ramis
Juan Ramis y Ramis (27 April 1746 – 12 February 1819) was a lawyer, writer and historian from Menorca, Balearic Islands. Biography Ramis y Ramis was born and died in Mahón. He was the son of Bartolomé Ramis y Serra and Caternia Ramis y Calafat, and was the eldest of eight siblings: Pere (1748-1816), who was a distinguished lawyer and translator; Bartolomé (1751-1837), doctor; José (1766-1821), priest; Antonio (1771-1840), who took over the historiographic work of Juan; Ramon; Marianna, married to Nicolau Orfila (a lawyer from Ferreries and member of Societat Maonesa); and Joana. Since his early days he was instructed in Latin grammar, arithmetic and some modern languages. In 1762 he was sent to Palma de Mallorca to study rhetoric and philosophy in the University of Letters of Mallorca, where he was promoted to Bachelor of Philosophy on 5 March 1765 and appointed Master and Doctor in Liberal Arts four days later, with the distinction ''nemine discrepante''. He continued h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Romaguera
Josep Romaguera (; 1642–1723) is the author of the only emblem book ever published in the Catalan language, the Atheneo de Grandesa. His work consists of prose, poetry and sermons. His writing is typical of Baroque style. Romaguera was born in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolt (Guerra dels Segadors) against Castile in 1642 and lived until 1723, according to the epitaph of him published in the manuscript ''Historia Eclesiástica del principado de Cataluña'' by the Mercedarian historian Pere Serra i Postius. There is no known mention of him in public life until he began his ecclesiastical career in 1661, the date of his first benefice; he served both in the Inquisition and as a Canon Law Professor at the University of Barcelona. Romaguera’s publications, apart from the ''Atheneo'', include sermons preached in Castilian on various Saints’ festival days; his other works, including apparently the second and/or third volumes of the ''Atheneo'', are lost. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Vicenç Garcia
Francesc Vicent Garcia () i Ferrandis was an early modern Catalan poet known by the pseudonym of the ''Vallfogona Rector''. He was born in Zaragoza in 1579Although his father was born in Tortosa, in Catalonia. and died in Vallfogona de Riucorb (Conca de Barberà) in 1623. In 1605 he was ordained in Vic. Early life Vicent Garcia completed his religious studies in Barcelona. In Vic, where he was ordained, he was the secretary to Bishop Francis Robust. In 1607, Garcia was appointed to the Vallfogona Riucorb rectory, where he remained until 1621. This spell at Vallfogona was followed by appointment to the post of secretary of the Bishop of Girona, Peter Moncada. A year after taking up this post, Garcia obtained a doctorate in theology from the College of St. George and St. Matthias in Tortosa. Vallfogona Riucorb died on September 2, 1623. Barcelona was a central place in Garcia's life. It was a city he visited frequently. In Barcelona, Garcia moved in the literary circle that met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Fontanella
Francesc Fontanella (; 1622 – 1680/1685) was a Catalan poet, dramatist, and priest. Fontanella was born in Barcelona. He studied law and was granted a degree in Civil and Canon law in 1641. Until 1652 he lived a courtesan life in Barcelona and began writing love poetry and wrote his two dramatic works: ''Tragicomèdia d'Amor, Firmesa i Porfia'' (1642) and ''Lo desengany'' (1651). Both pieces are allegorical with some pastoral elements. His poetry was more mature: he changed the pseudonym Gilet for the more pastoral Fontano and achieved great poetic heights in the sonnets dedicated to the death of his first wife. "A la mort de Nise" is worth mentioning. In 1652, around the time of the defeat of the Catalan Revolt, he fled to Perpignan where he began a completely different life: the death of his second wife led to his entry in the Dominican order and he was ordained as a priest. His poetry thus changed from amorous themes to religious ones and from euphoria to pessimism, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull (; c. 1232 – c. 1315/16) was a philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, and Christian apologist from the Kingdom of Majorca. He invented a philosophical system known as the ''Art'', conceived as a type of universal logic to prove the truth of Christian doctrine to interlocutors of all faiths and nationalities. The ''Art'' consists of a set of general principles and combinatorial operations. It is illustrated with diagrams. A prolific writer, he is also known for his literary works written in Catalan, which he composed to make his ''Art'' accessible to a wider audience. In addition to Catalan and Latin he also probably wrote in Arabic (although no texts in Arabic survive). His books were translated into Occitan, French, and Castilian during his lifetime. Although his work did not enjoy huge success during his lifetime, he has had a rich and continuing reception. In the early modern period his name became associated with alchemical works. More recently he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Tresfort
Pere Tresfort was a minor Catalan Occitan poet of the early fifteenth century. Three of his poems are preserved in the Cançoner Vega-Aguiló and from their rubrics it can be ascertained that Pere was a notary. His song "Ab fletxes d'aur untatz d'erb'amorosa" consists in one decasyllabic Decasyllable (Italian: ''decasillabo'', French: ''décasyllabe'', Serbian: ''десетерац'', ''deseterac'') is a poetic meter of ten syllables used in poetic traditions of syllabic verse. In languages with a stress accent (accentual v ... stanza and a '' tornada''. This theme was revisited at greater length by Ausiàs March towards the end of the century. The '' dansa'' "Jovencelhs qui no à.ymia" is written in praise of love. Pere's third song is "Gran carrech han huy tuyt l'om de paratge". Sources * Riquer, Martín de (1964). ''Història de la Literatura Catalana'', vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.Incipitario di Pere Tresfortat the Repertorio informatizzato dell'antica letteratur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere De Queralt
Pere VI de Queralt (; died 1408) was a Catalan nobleman, diplomat, and poet; "una destacada figura del seu temps" (a distinguished figure of his age). He was the nephew of Guerau de Queralt, husband of Clemença de Perellós, and lord of Santa Coloma. He is not to be confused with the knight Pere de Queralt of the thirteenth century, who reportedly fought a lion and won: an act commemorated in a carved vault keystone in the church of Santa Maria de Bell-lloc in Santa Coloma. In 1389 Pere was one of the barons that revolted against John I at Calasanç after having signed the sentence against Carroça de Vilaragut. Pere joined the rebels in order to advance his stepmother and sister-in-law, Lionor de Perellós, who was subsequently raised to Carroça's former position. In 1392 Pere participated in an expedition to Sicily. In 1397, after becoming a councillor and chamberlain of the king, he went on a diplomatic mission to Rome to participate in negotiations to resolve the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Miquel Carbonell
Pere Miquel Carbonell (1434–1517) was a Catalan historian, humanist, notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ..., calligrapher, poet and writer. Writers from Catalonia Medieval Catalan-language writers 1434 births 1517 deaths 15th-century Catalan people 15th-century Latin writers 16th-century Latin-language writers {{Catalonia-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere March
Pere March ( — 7 June 1413) was a Valencian poet. He was the father of Ausiàs March and the uncle of Arnau March. Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the Kingdom of Aragon. Born in Valencia, he was seemingly the younger brother of Jaume March II, and the family's possessions around Barcelona passed to Jaume. Pere served at the court of the younger brother of King Alfonso IV, Peter, seneschal of Catalonia, and then at the court of Peter's son Alfonso, Duke of Gandia, and of Alfonso's son Alfonso. He undertook several important diplomatic missions, travelling to England for the first Alfonso twice in the 1380s, and then working for the second during the interregnum following the death of King Martin I. For his services, Pere was knighted. After his death at Balaguer in 1413, his body was moved and buried in the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, in Alfahuir, (Valencia).Source: Las Provincias ''Las Provincias'' is a Spanish language regional new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
