Catalan Literary Figures: Eras and Key Works

Joan Maragall (1860-1911) Modernism

Family of industrial textile workers.

• 1890 - Rehearsed and proclaimed his articles in the Diari de Barcelona.
• 1891 - Noble house with clear, vitalism (Nietzsche).

Bonaventura Carles Aribau (1789-1862) Renaissance

He lived for many years in Madrid.

• 1833 - Published Oda a la pàtria in the romantic magazine El Vapor.
• Transmitted in the poem his nostalgia towards his homeland.

Miquel Costa i Llobera (1854-1922) Modernism

Considered one of the main figures of the Majorcan School.

• 1906 - Gave a speech as president of the Jocs Florals of Barcelona.
• 1904 - President of the Jocs Florals in Majorca.

Joan Alcover (1854-1926) Modernism

Poet, essayist, and politician.

• 1909 - Proclaimed Master of the Gay Saber.
• 1951 - A volume of his complete works was published.

Josep Carner (1898-1988) Noucentisme

He was also a Catalan nationalist politician.

• He began his trajectory as a publicist for the magazines La Falç and La Destral.
• Later he moved to Barcelona where he collaborated with L'Intransigent and La Sardana.

Joan Salvat-Papasseit (1894-1924) Avant-garde

Avant-garde poet.

A writer from Barcelona of humble origins, with a rebellious spirit and largely self-taught.

He died of tuberculosis at the age of 30, leaving a body of work that was little known for decades.

Josep Maria de Sagarra (1894-1961) Avant-garde

Poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, translator, and Catalan writer.

He wanted to be a writer from a very young age, and at 18 he won a prize at the Jocs Florals.

He dedicated himself to journalism and literature, especially theater.

Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel (1913-1938) War

From a modest family, he studied high school in Palma at the institute.

He published numerous articles on culture during his youth.

He died at 24 years of tuberculosis.

Màrius Torres (1910-1942) Symbolism

From a family from Lleida, he was the son of a member of parliament.

He was a doctor by profession, specializing in diseases of the digestive system.

He died at age 32 of tuberculosis.

Joan Oliver i Sallarès (Pere Quart) (1899-1986) War

From a bourgeois family of industrialists from Sabadell.

He was the fourth of seven siblings, of whom he was the only survivor.

He studied law.

• 1919 - Formed the Colla de Sabadell (in this group he combined the influence of local avant-gardism with humor, rigor, and a taste for well-made work inherited from Noucentisme).

Gabriel Ferrater (1922-1972) Contemporary

Eroticism is one of the recurring themes in his work.

Professor, linguist, and literary critic at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

He committed suicide in his apartment in Sant Cugat.