Dolors Monserdà i Vidal (née, Dolors Moncerdà i Vidal; also known as, Dolors Monserdà de Macià;

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, 1845 - 1919) was a Catalan writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist. She was the sister of the painter Enric Monserdà i Vidal (1850-1926), and her daughter was married to the modernist architect,

Josep Puig i Cadafalch Josep Puig i Cadafalch (; 17 October 1867 in Mataró – 21 December 1956 in Barcelona) was a Spanish architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona, and a politician who had a significant role in the development of Catalan regio ...

. She wrote in Spanish through 1875, and from then on, in the

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. She was a regular participant in the Floral Games, where she was awarded prizes in 1878, 1882 and 1891. In 1909, she was the first woman to chair a poetry contest. A journalist as well, she wrote for the periodical, ''La Renaixença'', and the magazine, '' Feminal''.

Selected works

Poetry

* ''Poesies Catalanes'', 1888 * ''Poesies'', 1911 * Poetry from the Floral GamesArchivo Histórico de la Ciudad de Barcelona. Fons 6B-Jocs Florals, Sèrie III-Pliques :* ''Qui ets?'', (1916, 1917) :* ''He fet bé! (Propòsits d'enamorats)'', (1916, 1917) :* ''Adéu a la poesia'', (1916, 1919) :* ''Flors de Natzareth'', (1916, 1917, 1919) :* ''Rondalles i Cançons'', (1916, 1919, 1920, 1924) :* ''El verb de la Patria'', (1917) :* ''La nostra Universitat'', (1917, 1919) :* ''A la poesia'', (1917, 1920) :* ''Del meu dietari d'Anyorançes'', (1919)

Novels

* ''La Montserrat'', 1893 * ''La família A''sparó, 1900 * ''La fabricanta'', 1904 * ''La Quitèria'', 1906 * ''Del món'', 1908 * ''Maria-Glòria'', 1917 * ''Buscant una ànima'', 1919

Theatre

* ''Sembrad y cogeréis'', 1874 * ''Teresa o un jorn de prova'', 1876 * ''Amor mana'', 1913

Literary critic

* ''Estudi feminista'', 1909 * ''Biografía de Na Josepa Massanés i Dalmau'', 1915 * ''Tasques socials'', 1916

References

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* * 1845 births 1919 deaths Writers from Barcelona Women writers from Catalonia Poets from Catalonia Storytellers Women storytellers Spanish essayists Journalists from Catalonia Spanish women dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from Catalonia Catalan-language writers Spanish women essayists Spanish women poets {{Spain-writer-stub