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Agna de Valldaura
1854–1930
A pioneering Catalan writer who published under the pen name Agna de Valldaura, she helped preserve local legends, customs, and religious folklore in print. Her work opens a window onto 19th-century Catalonia and the stories people passed down through everyday life.
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Tradicions religiosas de Catalunya
by Agna de Valldaura
About the author
Born in Barcelona as Joaquima Santamaria i Ventura, she wrote under the name Agna de Valldaura and is remembered as a Catalan writer, folklorist, and translator. Reference sources about her life describe her as an important woman of letters in Catalonia, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
She is especially associated with Tradicions religioses de Catalunya, a collection centered on Catalan religious traditions, legends, and popular customs. That work reflects the part of her writing that focused on gathering and retelling folklore, helping keep regional memory alive for later readers.
Some sources list her birth year as 1853, while others give 1854, but they agree that she died in Barcelona in 1930. However the exact year is recorded, her legacy rests on the way she brought together literature, translation, and folklore to document the cultural life of Catalonia.