Jesús Abel Montagut i Masip (; born 1953 in Llardecans (

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), commonly known as Abel Montagut, is a

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translator and author of both

and

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

. Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto (2008:553) informs us that Montagut studied Romance Philology and also learnt Esperanto. He taught Catalan language and literature as a secondary-school teacher alongside writing in Catalan and in Esperanto. His works have “appeared in the periodicals Esperanto, Literatura Foiro, Fonto, La Gazeto, Kataluna Esperantisto and others ndhe has twice been honored for his stories in Catalan literary competitions.”SUTTON, Geoffrey. ''Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto'', 1887-2007. New York: Mondial, 2008, p. 553 In 1993 he published '' Poemo de Utnoa'' ('' The Epic of Utnoa''), an epic inspired by various works including: ''

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Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

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Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odysse ...

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'', etc. According to the ''Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto'' “Montagut’s epic ''Poemo de Utnoa'' tnoa’s Poem consisting of seven cantos in over 7,000 lines, was called by William Auld (q.v.): “The first truly remarcable epic science-fiction poem in the world, and one of the very few modern epics.”

Works

Esperanto

Originals

* '' Poemo de Utnoa''. Pro Esperanto. (1993, 255 p.), . * ''Karnavale (maskita rakonto)'', Esperanto version of ''Carnestoltes (novel·la disfressada) i altres relats''. IEM. (1997, 65 p.) * ''La enigmo de l' ar@neo'', Esperanto version of ''L'enigma de l'arany@''. IEM. (2003, 279 p.)

Translations

* "''Amkantoj. 60 poemoj''" translated from "''Cants d'amor. 60 poemes''" by

Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. He is considered one of the most important poets of the "Golden Century" (''Segle d'or'') of Catalan/Valencian literature. Biography ...

, Ed. Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura, Educació i Ciència, València, 1993,

Catalan

* ''La gesta d'Utnoa'', Catalan version of ''Poemo de Utnoa''. Pagès Editors. (1996, 215 p.), * ''L'enigma de l'arany@''. Pagès Editors. (2000, 346 p.) * ''Carnestoltes (novel·la disfressada) i altres relats'', Catalan version of ''Karnavale (maskita rakonto)''. Llibres de l'Índex. (2003, 86 p.) * ''El manuscrit de

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

''. Editorial Barcanova. (2003, 110 p.) * ‘La contribució de la llengua internacional esperanto a la supervivència de la diversitat lingüística�
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Congrés Linguapax X, Barcelona, 2004.

Spanish

* ''Utnoa. Poema épico'', translation of ''Poemo de Utnoa'', La biblioteca del laberinto, Miraflores de la Sierra (Madrid), 2018, 255 p., . * ''Tierranegra. El último viaje extraordinario'', rewriting, originally in French, of Jules Verne's latest novel (''Voyage d'études'' by Jules Verne, and ''La mission Barsac'' by Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne). Sociedad Hispánica Jules Verne, Editorial Paganel, 2016, 218 p. ,Montagut, Abel. “''Une ville saharienne'' i l’última novel·la de Jules Verne », in Bernat, P., et al. (coord.) Jules Verne. ''Ciencia, literatura e imaginación'', Sociedad Hispánica Jules Verne, Ed. Paganel, 2015, p. 167-178, .

References

Bibliography

*CAPPA, Giulio (ed.). ''La lingua fantastica'', Keltia Editrice, Aosta, Italy, 1994, p. 265-275; . *MARTÍN RODRÍGUEZ, Mariano. «Dioses extraterrestres en la nueva epopeya. "La gesta d'Utnoa", de Abel Montagut, y la remitificación paeloastronáutica de Noé». lien gods in the new epics: Noah remythologised through the ancient astronaut hypothesis in Abel's Montagut's "La gesta d'Utnoa"''Amaltea: revista de mitocrítica'' 7, October 2015, p. 57-86. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_AMAL.2015.v7.47672 *PUIG, Eloi. ''“La Gesta d’Utnoa”''. La Biblioteca del Kraken, n.p., 9 May 2008. https://www.elkraken.com/Esp/G-esp/R-Gesta-Utnoa-esp.html *SUTTON, Geoffrey. “Montagut (i Masip), (Jesús) Abel (b. 1953)” in ''Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto'', 1887–2007. New York: Mondial, 2008, p. 553-557. . *TONKIN, H. (2012). “Esperanto Poetry”. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Eds. Roland Green et alii. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 457–58. *''XI Festival de poesia de la Mediterrània. Teatre Principal de Palma'', Ed. Produccions Estelroig (Sant Joan – Mallorca), 2009, p. 183-209, DL: PM 1.303-2009. https://docplayer.es/133659531-Xxi-festival-de-poesia-de-la-mediterrania.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Montagut, Abel 1953 births Living people Writers from Catalonia Catalan-language writers Writers of Esperanto literature People from Lleida Translators from Esperanto Translators from Catalan Translators to Esperanto Translators to Catalan

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Esperanto

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Catalan

Spanish

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