Frederic Pujulà i Vallés
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Frederic Pujulà i Vallès (fɾəðəˈɾik puʒuˈɫa j βəˈʎɛs) (November 12, 1877 – February 14, 1962) was a Catalan
journalist
, dramatist, and a passionate Esperantist
and contributor to the field of Esperanto literature
. Born in Palamós
, Catalonia
, he travelled through Europe and stayed for a long time in Paris
. He was involved in Joventut (1900–1906), the best "modernisme" review of Catalonia
. During World War I
, he fought with the French army.
Vallès wrote "Homes Artificials" (Artificial Men) which is the first short science fiction
novel in the canon of Catalan literature
. It was originally published in 1912, by Biblioteca Joventut in Barcelona
. In this novel, the protagonist Doctor Pericart wants to obtain a new society, unsocialized and perfect. Transformed into a demigod
, he creates a group of individualized androids, which will be the seeds of the new society.
Vallès died in Bargemon
, France
, in 1962.
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, dramatist, and a passionate Esperantist
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
and contributor to the field of Esperanto literature
Esperanto literature
Esperanto literature began before the official publication of the constructed language Esperanto; the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, translated poetry and prose into the language as he was developing it as a test of its completeness and expressiveness, and published several translations and a...
. Born in Palamós
Palamós
Palamós is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain....
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, he travelled through Europe and stayed for a long time in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He was involved in Joventut (1900–1906), the best "modernisme" review of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
. During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he fought with the French army.
Vallès wrote "Homes Artificials" (Artificial Men) which is the first short science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel in the canon of Catalan literature
Catalan literature
Catalan literature is the name conventionally used to refer to literature written in the Catalan language. The Catalan literary tradition is extensive, starting in the Middle Ages....
. It was originally published in 1912, by Biblioteca Joventut in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. In this novel, the protagonist Doctor Pericart wants to obtain a new society, unsocialized and perfect. Transformed into a demigod
Demigod
The term "demigod" , meaning "half-god", is commonly used to describe mythological figures whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human; as such, demigods are human-god hybrids...
, he creates a group of individualized androids, which will be the seeds of the new society.
Vallès died in Bargemon
Bargemon
Bargemon is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in 1962.
Catalan
- Theater
- El geni (1904)
- El boig (1907, second part of El geni)
- Dintre la gàbia (1906, with Emili Tintoré)
- La veu del poble i El poble de la veu (1910, with Lluís Via)
- Novels
- Titelles febles (1902)
- Creuant la plana morta (1903)
- El metge nou (1903)
- Homes artificials (1912), considered as the first science fiction novel in CatalanCatalan languageCatalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, published again 1986 Edicions Pleniluni, ISBN 84-85752-22-8.
- Estudi Francesc Pi i Margall (1902), set of articles edited in Joventut.
- Translations into Catalan:
- Més enllà de las forsas, of the Norwegian BjörnsonBjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
(1904) - Kaatje, theater of the Belgian Paul SpaakPaul SpaakPaul Spaak was a Belgian lawyer and playwright.Born in Ixelles, Spaak graduated in law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1894. On 22 July 1894, he married Marie Janson, daughter of Paul Janson. The couple had four children, of whom Paul-Henri Spaak, later Belgian Prime Minister like his...
(1914) - novels of Georges SimenonGeorges SimenonGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
- Més enllà de las forsas, of the Norwegian Björnson
Esperanto
- Naivulo
- Karabandolo la plugisto
- Fiŝkaptisto kaj rigardanto
- La grafo erarinta (1908)
- Monologs
- La Rompantoj (1907)
- Senhejmulo
- La Pipamanto
- Theater
- Aŭtunaj ventoj (1909)
- Novelo (1908)
External links
- About Homes Artificials (and Spanish)
- Biography in Kataluna esperantisto n° 327 (Catalan)