List of Catalan language poets
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Medieval poets
- A. de Muntanyans
- Andreu Febrer
- Anselm TurmedaAnselm TurmedaAnselm Turmeda or Abd-Allah at-Tarjuman was a Majorcan writer born in Palma in 1355 and died in Tunis in 1423. Early in his life he was a Franciscan friar, but converted later to Islam from Christianity and lived in Tunis. He is one of few writers who have written in Arabic and a European...
- Arnau Erill
- Arnau MarchArnau MarchArnau March was a Provenço-Catalan knight and poet of the famous March family. He was related—it is unknown how—to Jaume I, Jaume II, Pere, and Ausiàs March. He bore the rank of mossèn...
- Ausiàs MarchAusiàs MarchAusiàs March was a Valencian poet who was born in Gandia towards the end of the 14th century. He was the son of Pere March, nephew of Jaume March II, and cousin of Arnau March....
- Aznar Pardo de la Casta
- Berenguer dez Pont
- Berenguer Sarriera
- Bernat Boades
- Bernat de Bonastre
- Bernat Hug de Rocabertí
- Bernat Fenollar
- Bernat MetgeBernat MetgeBernat Metge was a Catalan humanist, best known as the author of Lo Somni .He held a position at the court of Joan I of Aragon, and, following some troubles, once more served Martí of Aragon....
- Bernat de So
- El Capellà de Bolquera
- Dalmau de Castellnou
- Ferrer Sayol
- Francesch
- Gabriel Ferruç
- Gabriel MógerGabriel MógerGabriel Móger or Mòger was a Majorcan painter, sculptor, and poet. He was employed primarily for work on retables and altarpieces by the churches of Majorca. Though Móger's active painting career can be dated to 1426–38 on the basis of surviving documents, his poetic encounter took place...
- Gabriel Turell
- Gilabert de PróixitaGilabert de PróixitaGilabert de Próixita was a Valencian poet with twenty-one extant Occitan pieces. He is credited by his first editor with a renovellament of Catalan poetry through the incorporation of Italian and French ideas into a model of courtly love taken from the classical troubadours...
- Guerau de Maçanet
- Guerau de Queralt
- Jacme Bonet
- Jacme RoviraJacme RoviraJacme Rovira was a Catalan poet who wrote in Occitan and competed within the Consistori del Gay Saber.On 3 May 1386 Jacme participated in a partimen with Bernat de Palaol before the judges Ramon Galbarra and Germà de Gontaut...
- Jacme ScrivàJacme ScrivàJacme Scrivà was a Catalan knight and poet of the late fourteenth century. In contemporary documents Jacme's name is spelled Jacme Scriva, without the accent. In modern Catalan orthography it is spelled Jaume Escrivà...
- Jaume Gasull
- Jaume March I
- Jaume March IIJaume March IIJaume March was a Catalan language poet.Brother of Pere March and uncle of Arnau March and the renowned Ausiàs March, Jaume's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the kingdom of Aragon. Born in Valencia he was seemingly the eldest son, and inherited the family's possessions around...
- Jaume SafontJaume SafontJaume Safont , called Jacme ça Font in contemporary records, was a Catalan poet and notary.From March 1436 he worked as a scrivener for the municipal council of Barcelona, his birthplace, and from July 1440 he worked in the scriptorium of the Generalitat de Catalunya. In that capacity he wrote the...
- Joan Basset
- Joan Berenguer de Masdovelles
- Joan Escrivà
- Joan Fogassot
- Joan Francesc Boscà
- Joan Moreno
- Joan d'Olivella
- Joan Roís de CorellaJoan Roís de CorellaJoan Roís de Corella was a Catalan-language writer from the Kingdom of Valencia.He was born into a minor noble family of Aragonese origin in either Gandia or Valencia and apparently followed a career in the church. He may have been ordained as a priest, but apparently had two children.He is...
- Jordi de Sant JordiJordi de Sant JordiJordi de Sant Jordi was born in the Kingdom of Valencia. He was Chamberlain at the court of King Alfons V of Aragon but is best known for his poetry....
- Lleonard de Sors
- Lluís d'AverçóLuys d'AverçóLuys d'Averçó or Luis de Aversó was a Catalan politician, naval financier, and man of letters. His magnum opus, the Torcimany, is one of the most important medieval Catalan-language grammars to modern historians...
- Lluís Icart
- Lorenç MallolLorenç MallolLorenç Mallol was a Catalan poet of the fourteenth century, the first Petrarchan of his country and one of the last troubadours. His two surviving pieces are composed in Old Occitan...
- Martí Garcia
- Melchior de GualbesMelchior de GualbesMelchior de Gualbes was a Catalan knight, politician, and author of three short poems. His poetry is preserved in the Cançoner Vega-Aguiló, in a section badly damaged by humidity...
- Pau de BellviurePau de BellviurePau de Bellviure was a Catalan poet of the fourteenth and/or fifteenth centuries. To the Catalan and Spanish writers of the Renaissance he was a model of courtly love who had attained gran fama . Pere Torroella lists him among the "doctors" of poetry...
- Pere Alamany
- Pere Galceran
- Pere de Gostemps
- Pere MarchPere MarchPere March was a Valencian poet.Younger brother of Jaume March II, uncle of Arnau March, and father of Ausiàs March, Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the kingdom of Aragon...
- Pere Martinez
- Pere Miquel CarbonellPere Miquel CarbonellPere Miquel Carbonell was a Spanish historian, humanist, notary, poet and writer....
- Pere de QueraltPere de QueraltPere de Queralt was a Catalan nobleman, diplomat, and poet; "una destacada figura del seu temps" . He was the nephew of Guerau de Queralt, husband of Clemença de Perellós, and lord of Santa Coloma...
- Pere Ribera de Parpejà
- Pere Torroella
- Pere TresfortPere TresfortPere Tresfort was a minor Catalan Occitan poet of the early fifteenth century. Three of his poems are preserved in the Cançoner Vega-Aguiló and from their rubrics it can be ascertained that Pere was a notary....
- Perot Joan
- Ramon Galbarra
- Ramon LlullRamon LlullRamon Llull was a Majorcan writer and philosopher, logician and tertiary Franciscan. He wrote the first major work of Catalan literature. Recently-surfaced manuscripts show him to have anticipated by several centuries prominent work on elections theory...
- Ramon Savall
- Yvany
Early Modern Poets
- Francesc FontanellaFrancesc FontanellaFrancesc Fontanella was a Catalan poet, dramatist, and priest.He studied law and was granted a degree in Civil and Canon law in 1641. Until 1652 he lived a courtesan life in Barcelona and began writing love poetry and wrote his two dramatic works: Tragicomèdia d'Amor, Firmesa i Porfia and Lo...
- Francesc Vicenç Garcia
- Josep RomagueraJosep RomagueraJosep Romaguera is the author of the only emblem book ever published in the Catalan language, the Atheneo de Grandesa. His work consists of prose, poetry and sermons...
- Andreu Martí Pineda
- Joan Ferrandis d'Herèdia
- Valeri Fuster
- Pere Serafí
- Joan Timoneda
- Joan Pujol
- Joan de Boixadors
- Guillem Roca i Seguí
- Joan RamisJoan RamisJoan Ramis was a Spanish historian, lawyer and writer....
- Antoni Febrer i Cardona
- Comte d'Ayamans
Romantic and Early Modernist ("Modernistes") poets
- Manuel Milà i FontanalsManuel Milà i FontanalsManuel Milà i Fontanals was a Catalan scholar. He was born at Vilafranca del Penedès, near Barcelona, and was educated first in Barcelona, and afterwards at the University of Cervera....
- Jacint VerdaguerJacint VerdaguerJacint Verdaguer i Santaló is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a national revival movement of the late Romantic era. The bishop Josep Torras i Bages, one of the main figures of Catalan nationalism, called him the...
- Àngel GuimeràÀngel GuimeràÀngel Guimerà i Jorge was a Spanish Canarian writer, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, to a Catalan father and a Canary islander mother...
- Joan MaragallJoan MaragallJoan Maragall i Gorina was a Catalan poet, journalist and translator, the foremost member of the modernisme movement in literature.-Life:...
- Bonaventura Carles AribauBonaventura Carles AribauBonaventura Carles Aribau was a Spanish writer, politician and economist....
- Pere Talrich
- Tomàs Aguiló
- Joaquim Rubió i Ors
- Josep Lluís Pons i Gallarza
- Víctor BalaguerVictor BalaguerVíctor Balaguer , Catalan Spanish politician and author, was born at Barcelona on 11 December 1824, and was educated at the university of his native city....
- Marià Aguiló
- Teodor Llorente
- Joaquim Maria Bartrina
- Francesc Matheu
- Apel·les Mestres
- Miquel Costa i Llobera
- Joan AlcoverJoan AlcoverJoan Alcover i Maspons was a Spanish Balearic writer, poet, essayist and politician....
- Miquel dels Sants Oliver
- Jeroni Zanné
- Alexandre de RiquerAlexandre de RiquerAlexandre de Riquer i Ynglada, 7th Count of Casa Dávalos , was a versatile artist intellectual and Catalan Spanish designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and poet. He was one of the leading figures of Modernism in Catalonia.He belonged to an aristocratic family, the Counts of Casa Dávalos...
Modernist and contemporary poets
- Anna Aguilar-AmatAnna Aguilar-AmatAnna Aguilar-Amat is a Catalan poet, translator, researcher and university professor in Terminology and Computational Linguistics...
(b. 1962) - Joaquim Amat-PiniellaJoaquim Amat-PiniellaJoaquim Amat-Piniella was a Catalan writer and politician. He took part in the Spanish Civil War on the republican side, and moved to France after the war...
- Joan BrossaJoan BrossaJoan Brossa i Cuervo Joan Brossa i Cuervo Joan Brossa i Cuervo (Barcelona, Catalonia,(1919–1998) was a Catalan poet in the Catalan language, playwright, graphic designer and plastic artist. He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set (1948) and one of the...
(1919–1998) - Josep CarnerJosep CarnerJosep Carner i Puig-Oriol , was a Catalan poet, journalist, playwright and translator. He was also known as the Prince of Catalan Poets.-Biography:...
(1884–1970) - Meritxell Cucurella-Jorba (b. 1973)
- Salvador DalíSalvador DalíSalvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
- Najat El HachmiNajat El HachmiNajat El Hachmi is a Moroccan-Catalan writer.-Life:At the age of 8 she immigrated with her family to Catalonia, Spain...
- Carles Hac Mor (b. 1940)
- Quima Jaume i CarbóQuima Jaume i CarboQuima Jaume i Carbó was a Catalan Spanish poet. She was born in Cadaqués, Girona, Catalonia, and graduated from university with a degree in Catalan philology....
(1934–1993) - Salvador EspriuSalvador EspriuSalvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet writing in the Catalan language.-Biography:Espriu was born in Santa Coloma de Farners, Catalonia. He was the son of an attorney. His childhood was divided between his home town, Barcelona, and Arenys de Mar, a village on the Maresme coast...
- Feliu FormosaFeliu FormosaFeliu Formosa Torres is a Catalan dramatist, poet and translator.He translated dramatic works by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Toller, Tankred Dorst, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Thomas Bernhard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Schiller, Botho Strauss; poetry by Georg Trakl, Goethe and...
- Tomàs GarcésTomàs GarcésTomàs Garcés i Miravet was a Catalan poet and lawyer.Garcés was born in Barcelona. He studied law, philosophy and literature in the University of Barcelona....
- Joan Margarit i ConsarnauJoan Margarit i ConsarnauJoan Margarit i Consarnau is a Catalan poet, architect and retired Professor.Born to the parents of Joan Margarit i Serradell, an architect from Barcelona and Trinitat Consarnau i Sabaté, a teacher at l'Ametlla de Mar , he grew up at the time of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. His...
- Miquel Martí i PolMiquel Martí i PolMiquel Martí i Pol was one of the most popular poets in Catalan in the 20th century.Martí i Pol was of humble origin and had to quit studying at 14 years, to start working at a factory. Nevertheless, he started publishing poetry in 1954. In 1970 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis...
- Josep Palau i FabreJosep Palau i FabreJosep Palau i Fabre was a Catalan poet and writer. He was a representative of Catalan literature during the post-World War period and a world expert on the work of Pablo Picasso....
- Baltasar PorcelBaltasar PorcelBaltasar Porcel i Pujol was a balearic writer, journalist and literary critic. His enormous legacy credited him as one of the greatest authors in Catalan literature from the 20th century.-Biography:...
- Carles RibaCarles RibaCarles Riba i Bracons was a Catalan poet, writer and translator.He was born in Barcelona and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. In 1916 he married the poet Clementina Arderiu. He worked for a time in the School of Librarianship.In 1922 he travelled to Munich to study under...
- Carme RieraCarme rieraCarme Riera Guilera is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television, and works of literary criticism...
- Bartomeu Rosselló-PòrcelBartomeu Rosselló-PòrcelBartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel was a Spanish Balearic poet.He completed his bachelor degree in Arts and Philosophy in Barcelona and his PhD degree in Madrid...
- Joan Salvat-PapasseitJoan Salvat-PapasseitJoan Salvat-Papasseit was a Catalan poet, though he also wrote articles, manifestos and other prose of a political and social nature. He wrote primarily in Catalan, although he had an early period of essay-writing in Spanish.His work is notable for its nonconformity, idealism and foreboding of...
- Màrius TorresMàrius TorresMàrius Torres was a [-Catalan poet, first published by fellow writer Joan Sales in Mexico. He's among the most influential poets in the first 30 years of post-Civil War Catalonia....
- Jordi Valls i PozoJordi Valls i PozoJordi Valls i Pozo is a Catalan poet.Since a long time ago he lives in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a city that strongly impressed his poetic trajectory....
- Ester Xargay (b. 1960)
- Olga Xirinacs DíazOlga Xirinacs DíazOlga Xirinacs Díaz, was born in Tarragona in 1936, where she still lives and works. She is a writer and piano teacher. During her literary career, Díaz has written poetry, drama, tales and essays....