Juan Ramon Masoliver (1910–1997) was a
Spanish art critic
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, essayist and translator. He was a pioneer of the
Surrealist movement in
Catalonia, helping to found the Surrealist magazine ''Helix'' in 1929, with
Salvador Dali and
Luis Bunuel
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. Living in Paris in the 1930s, he was a friend of
James Joyce and a secretary to
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Fascism, fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works ...
.
After the
Spanish Civil War, he returned to Spain and worked briefly for
General Franco. He wrote for more than 60 years in the pages of ''La Vanguardia''. His books include ''Presentation of James Joyce'' (1981) and ''Profile of Clouds'' (1991). He was also an award-winning translator of
Italian literature; among his translations are works by such as
Guido Cavalcanti
Guido Cavalcanti (between 1250 and 1259 – August 1300) was an Italian poet. He was also a friend and intellectual influence on Dante Alighieri.
Historical background
Cavalcanti was born in Florence at a time when the comune was beginning its ...
,
Carlo Emilio Gadda and
Italo Calvino.
References
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Spanish art critics
Spanish essayists
Spanish translators
20th-century Spanish writers
1910 births
1997 deaths