Xavier Abraham is a
Catalan
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poet, cultural activist and bookseller born in
Palma de Mallorca
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
in 1945. He is the author of three collections: ''Iceberg'' (1986), ''Les mosques'', ''la por'' (The Flies, the Fear 1991) and ''Sagitari'' (Sagittarius, 1998). His
poetry
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includes elements of
realism
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*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts
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*Classical Realism
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, delicate
lyricism
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and
avant-gardism
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.
Abraham has been the promoter of cultural activities such as the poetry-lecture series Poemes a l’Havanna (1990–93, published as an anthology in 1996), the Traficants de Poesia convention (1996) and the exhibition Art i poesia (Art and poetry, 1996). Abraham was the commissioner for the exhibition Bartomeu Rossello-Porcel, poet (1996) and Dos amics de vint anys: Salvador Espriu i Bartomeu Rossello-Porcel (Two friends of twenty years: Salvador Espriu i Bartomeu Rossello-Porcel, 2002). In collaboration with Pere Rossello Bover, he has published Bartomeu Rossello-Porcel, a la llum (Bartomeu Rossello-Porcel, In the Light, 1999).
In 1994, he opened the bookstore Sagitari (Sagittarius) in Palma de Mallorca, specializing in poetry.
[Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana (Dictionary of Catalan Literature), 2008]
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1945 births
Living people
Catalan-language poets