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Maria Antònia Salvà I Ripoll
Maria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll (1869 – 1958) was a Mallorcan poet and translator, and the sister of the politician and the painter . She was the first female poet in the Catalan language. Considered the first modern poet in the Catalan language and the first modern translator, she is linked to the ''Renaixença'' in Mallorca. She wrote poems such as ":ca:Espigues_en_flor, Espigues en flor" (1926), "El retorn" (1934), and "Lluneta del pagès" (1952), as well as works in prose, such as ''Viatge a Orient'' (1907) and ''Entre el record i l'enyorança'' (1955). Salvà was described as "a poet who disguised herself as a translator" to find meaning in the male poetry of her time. Her translations were popular, and still are, in particular her 1917 version of Frédéric Mistral's ''Mireia'' (1859). Early life Salvà was born on 4 November 1869 in Palma de Mallorca, Palma, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Balearic island of Mallorca. Her mother died when she was only a few months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palma De Mallorca
Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. , Palma de Mallorca Airport, Palma Airport serves over 29 million passengers per year. History Palma was founded as a Ancient Rome, Roman camp upon the remains of a Talaiotic settlement. The city was subjected to several Vandal raids during the fall of the Western Roman Empire, then reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, then colonised by the Moors (who called it ''Medina Mayurqa'') and, in the 13th century, by James I of Aragon. Roman period After the conquest of Mallorca, the city was loosely incorporated into the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, Tarraco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
