Josep Roig i Raventós

Born in Sitges in 1883, he became known both as a physician and as a writer in Catalan. Reliable biographical sources agree that he studied medicine in Barcelona, specialized in pediatrics and obstetrics, and later continued his training in Paris and Berlin. He was also the son of the landscape painter Joan Roig i Soler, a family background that helps explain the strong cultural thread running through his life.

Alongside his medical career, he developed a substantial literary output that included novels, poetry, and drama. Sources describe him as an active defender of the Catalan language, and his fiction includes titles such as L'ermità Maurici, Flama vivent, Montnegre, and Presons obertes. His public life also had a strong social side: he worked at Barcelona's Casa de Maternitat and helped found an initiative against infant mortality, reflecting a clear commitment to children's health.

He died in Barcelona in 1966. Remembered in Catalan reference works as both a man of science and a man of letters, he stands out as a figure whose medical vocation and literary voice were closely connected.