Màrius Torres

Màrius Torres
Born	30 August 1910(1910-08-30) Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Died	29 October 1942(1942-10-29) (aged 32) Puig d'Olena (Sant Quirze Safaja), Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Poet, playwright, journalist
Literary movement	Symbolism, post-symbolism, noucentisme
Notable work(s)	Invencions, Poesies
Influences Charles Baudelaire, Carles Riba, Paul Verlaine
Influenced Carles Riba

Màrius Torres (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈmaɾius ˈtores]) (Lleida, 1910 - Sant Quirze Safaja, 1942) was a [-Catalan poet, first published by fellow writer Joan Sales in Mexico. He's among the most influential poets in the first 30 years of post-Civil War Catalonia.

The son of physician and politician Humbert Torres, he studied at the Liceu Escolar in Lleida from 1920 to 1926 and earned a degree in Medicine from the University of Barcelona. He used the pen name Gregori Sastre to sign his works during the Spanish Civil War, while he was confined in several anti-tuberculosis hospitals. He died in 1942 and was buried in Sant Quirze Safaja.

Works

• Poesies, at "Quaderns de l'exili", Mexico DF 1947.

See also

Poetry portal

• Catalan literature

External links

• Màrius Torres at Escriptors.cat
• Màrius Torres in LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia) (English) (Spanish) (Catalan)
• Màrius Torres a Lo Càntich

Persondata
Name	Torres, Marius
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Short description
Date of birth	30 August 1910
Place of birth	Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Date of death	29 October 1942
Place of death	Puig d'Olena (Sant Quirze Safaja), Catalonia, Spain