Salvador Espriu
Author

Poemas

Ish, Isha, Eli, Elis catalão

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Una vella resposta que t’haurà de servir catalão

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Pel meu mirall, si vols, passen rares semblances catalão

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Amb música ho escoltaries potser millor catalão

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Una closa felicitat és ben bé del meu món catalão

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Llibre dels morts catalão

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So de cornamusa a la dansa final catalão

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Spiritual, amb la trompeta de Louis Armstrong catalão

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Salvador Espriu
Author

About

* 10.07.1913, Santa Coloma de Farners, Espanha
† 22.02.1985, Barcelona, Espanha

Salvador Espriu (Santa Coloma de Farners, 1913 - Barcelona, 1985) ranks among the most significant writers of the post-war years and is one of Catalonia’s most important poets. Though he initially gained recognition for his work in narrative, the fact that he moved into poetry later on in life did not prevent him from making a name for himself, not only in Catalan letters but in international literature. He also played an important role in the revival of Catalan theatre.

He published the novels El doctor Rip (1931, Dr. Rip) and Laia (1932) and the collections of narratives Aspectes (1934, Aspects), Ariadna al laberint grotesc (1935) (Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth, Champaign; Dublin; London, Dalkey Archive Press, 2012), Miratge a Citerea (1935, Mirage on Kythira) and Letízia i altres proses (1937, Letitia and Other Prose Pieces), works that established him as the most original narrator since Noucentisme. His poetry includes the anthologies Cementiri de Sinera (1946) (Sinera Cemetery, Barcelona, North American Institute, 1978), Les hores i Mrs. Death (1952, The Hours and Mrs. Death), El caminant i el mur (1954, The Walker and the Wall), Final del laberint (1955, End of the Labyrinth), Les cançons d'Ariadna (1949, Songs of Ariadne), La pell de brau (1960) (Bull-hide, Marlboro, The Marlboro Press, 1987), Llibre de Sinera (1963, Book of Sinera) and Setmana Santa (1971, Easter Week). He frequently revised his writings, crafting them into a polished body of work that has been translated into many languages. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on a number of occasions and was awarded the Honorary Prize for Catalan Letters (1972), the Government of Catalonia Gold Medal (1974) and the City of Barcelona Gold Medal (1982). In addition, he was given honorary doctorates by the universities of Barcelona and Toulouse. His critical stance prompted him to reject the Alfons X el Savi Cross in 1982.