author
Raimón Casellas
1855–1910
A key voice in Catalan Modernisme, this journalist, critic, and novelist helped push Catalan literature in a new direction. His best-known book, Els sots feréstecs, is often described as the first modernist novel in Catalan.
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Llibre D'històries
by Raimón Casellas
Els sots feréstechs
by Raimón Casellas
About the author
Born in Barcelona in 1855, Raimon Casellas worked first in the family dyeing business before turning fully to journalism and literature. He became an important art critic and cultural figure in the Catalan Modernisme movement, writing about new artistic ideas as well as creating fiction of his own.
Casellas is best remembered for Els sots feréstecs (1901), a novel widely regarded as a landmark in Catalan literature and often called the first modernist novel in the language. Alongside his fiction, he built a strong reputation as an art critic and helped introduce readers to major European painters and new aesthetic trends.
He died in Sant Joan de les Abadesses in 1910. Though his life was relatively short, his work left a lasting mark on both Catalan literary modernism and the world of art criticism.