Bernat Metge (; ( 1350 – 1410) was a

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Works

*''Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència'' (1381) *''Ovidi enamorat'' *''Valter e Griselda'' (1388) *''Apologia'' (1395) *''Lo somni'' (1399)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metge, Bernat 1340s births 1413 deaths Writers from Catalonia Medieval Catalan-language writers Renaissance humanists Catalan-language poets 14th-century Spanish poets People from Barcelona 14th-century Spanish writers 14th-century Catalan people