Clementina Arderiu (1889 in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

– 1976) was a Spanish poet who wrote in the

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 ...

. Influences on her work included the Catalan language writer

Josep Carner Josep Carner i Puigoriol (; born Barcelona 9 February 1884 - died Brussels 4 June 1970), was a Spanish poet, journalist, playwright and translator. He was also known as ''the Prince of Catalan Poets''. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Lit ...

, and her husband, the poet

Carles Riba Carles Riba i Bracons (; 23 September 1893 - 12 July 1959) was a Catalan poet, writer and translator of Spanish nationality. He was born in Barcelona and studied Law and Philosophy at the Universitat de Barcelona. In 1916 he married the poet Cleme ...

. Her poems tend to idealize daily life.

Works

*''Cançons i elegies'', 1916 *''L'alta llibertat'', 1920 *''Poemes'', 1936 *''Sempre i ara'', 1946,

Joaquim Folguera Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat- ...

prize *''Poesies completes'', 1952 *''És a dir'', 1968, Óssa Menor prize and Lletra d'Or prize *''L’esperança encara'', 1968

Recording from the Library of Congress

: Clementina Arderíu reading twelve poems from her collected volumes, Poesia completas,195

References

* 1889 births 1976 deaths Catalan-language poets 20th-century Spanish poets Spanish women poets 20th-century Spanish women writers Writers from Barcelona {{Spain-poet-stub