author
Joan Maragall
1860–1911
A leading voice of Catalan modernism, his poetry helped bring a new freshness and directness to modern Catalan literature. He was also a journalist and translator whose work carried a strong spiritual and human warmth.
3 Audiobooks
Enllà: Poesies
by Joan Maragall
Visions & Cants
by Joan Maragall
Nausica : Tragedia en tres actes treta de l'Odissea d'Homer
by Joan Maragall
About the author
Born in Barcelona on October 10, 1860, Joan Maragall became one of the central figures of modern Catalan literature. He is widely remembered as a poet, but he also worked as a journalist, essayist, and translator, helping connect Catalan readers with writers such as Goethe, Nietzsche, and Novalis.
Maragall is often described as the foremost literary figure of Catalan modernisme. Critics and reference works note that he brought unusual simplicity, spontaneity, and emotional clarity to his writing, and that his influence on later Catalan poets was profound.
He died in Barcelona on December 20, 1911. More than a century later, he is still read as one of the writers who helped shape the modern voice of Catalan poetry.