Joan Salvat-Papasseit

Joan Salvat-Papasseit (Barcelona, 16 May 1894 - 7 August 1924) was a poet, though he also wrote articles, manifestos and other prose of a political and social nature.

His work is notable for its nonconformity, idealism and the foreboding of a premature death. His poetry, with both avant-garde and traditional influences begins with "Poemes en ondes herzianes" (Poems in Herzian Waves) of 1919, moving to "La gesta dels Estels" (The Great Deed of the Stars) of 1922, and finally to culminate with the poet's vital enthusiasm in "El poema de la rosa als llavis" (The Poem of the Rose at the Lips) in 1923.

The city of Barcelona remembers him with a monument at the Moll de la Fusta, at the foot of which is a reproduction of the poem "Nocturn per a acordió" which refers to the period when the poet was a night-watchman there. His poetic work has been made available to a wide public, in particular through musical arrangements and recitals by Lluís Llach, Ovidi Montllor, Guillermina Motta, Ramon Muntaner, Xavier Ribalta, Joan Manuel Serrat and Rafel Subirachs, amongst others.

Works

Articles in Catalan

* "Glosas de un socialista" (1916)
* "Humo de fábrica" (1918)

Poetry

* "Poemes en ondes hertzianes" (1919)
* "L'irradiador del Port i les gavines" (1921)
* "Les conspiracions" (1922)
* "La gesta dels estels" (1922)
* "El poema de La rosa als llavis" (1923)
* "Óssa Menor" (1925, posthumus edition)

External links

* [http://www.anglo-catalan.org/op/monographs/issue02.pdf Joan Salvat-Papasseit - Selected Poems]
* [http://www.lletra.net/noms/jsalvatpapasseit/index.html Webpage devoted to Joan Salvat-Papasseit (lletrA (UOC), Catalan Literature Online)] en_icon
* [http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/noms/jsalvatpapasseit/index.html Joan Salvat-Papasseit at Lletra, espai virtual de literatura catalana] ca_icon