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José Feliú y Codina
1847–1897
A lively figure in late 19th-century Spanish letters, he moved between journalism, fiction, and the stage with a realist eye and a strong feel for popular drama. He wrote in both Spanish and Catalan, and his best-known work, La Dolores, helped keep his name alive long after his early death.
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Un pis al ensanche : Comedia en un acte y en prosa
by José Feliú y Codina
About the author
Born in Barcelona in 1845, José Feliú y Codina was a Catalan journalist, novelist, and playwright associated with Realism and the cultural revival known as the Renaixença. He studied law but became known above all for his writing, building a career in both Catalan and Spanish.
His work ranged across newspapers, fiction, and theater, and he also wrote librettos for zarzuelas. He spent part of his career in Madrid, where he continued his literary and journalistic work, while keeping strong ties to the literary life of Catalonia.
Today he is remembered especially for his dramatic writing, above all La Dolores, as well as for the way he bridged regional and national literary culture in 19th-century Spain. Some library records list his birth year as 1847, but major reference sources place it in 1845; he died in Madrid in 1897.