Frederic Soler

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Frederic Soler

Frederic Soler i Hubert (born October 9, 1839 in Barcelona ; † July 4, 1895 ) was a Catalan poet and playwright who wrote under the pseudonym Serafí Pitarra . Frederic Soler i Hubert also worked as a watchmaker .

Life

Catalonia's living poet - quote from Frederic Soler (Serafi Pitarra) in the street: La Dagueria in Barcelona.

The son of a carpenter was at the age of three years and a half-orphan at the age of nine orphan . He was then raised by his uncle, Carles Hubert, who lived as a freelance watchmaker in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona .

Frederic Soler took over watchmaking after the death of his uncle. But his great love was the theater, and at fifteen he made his debut in an amateur theater .

His Gatada (parody) L'esquella de la torratxa (1864) and some other of his works are known to this day.

Monument to Frederic Soler, Barcelona, ​​Plaça del Teatre (Theater Square)

In addition to his work as a playwright, Frederic Soler was also known as a poet and won the Jocs Florals (flower games) in 1875 . He published several volumes of poetry such as B. Nits de lluna (1886). With his work Judas de Keriot: poema dramátich , published in Barcelona in 1889 , he came into conflict with the official Roman Catholic Church. The work was placed on the index by decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1890 .

Frederic Soler died of a heart attack on July 4, 1895 and was buried in Barcelona.

Works and editions

(Selection)

  • Poesias catalanas . Espasa Germans y Salvat, Barcelona 1875.
  • Nits de lluna . 2nd Edition. López, Barcelona 1886.
  • Dotzena de frare . López, Barcelona 1896.
  • Xavier Fàbregas i Surroca (ed.): Gatades . Editorial Laia, Barcelona 1980, ISBN 84-7222-813-4 .

Honors

The most famous monument to Frederic Soler was erected on the Rambla in Barcelona . It was designed by Pere Falqués i Urpí and executed by the sculptor Agustí Querol (1906).

Several streets in Catalonia (Spain) were named in honor of Frederic Soler (or Serafí Pitarra), including streets in Cerdanyola del Vallès , Porqueres , El Vendrell and Salou .

literature

  • Morell i Montadi, Carme: El teatre de Serafí Pitarra: entre el mite i la realitat (1860-1875) . Publicacions Abadía Montserrat, SA, Barcelona 1995, ISBN 84-7826-661-5 .
  • Fàbregas i Surroca, Xavier: Historia del teatre catalá . Editorial Arxiu-Teatral, Barcelona 1978, ISBN 84-7304-021-X .

Web links

Commons : Serafí Pitarra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Quotation in the picture on the left: Catalan: “Carrer Dagueria / En aquest carrer s'hi / aplegaven tots els / daguers de la ciutat. - Esmola que esmola / fes dagues, daguer; / fes dagues que passin / les malles d'acer. ”- German translation:“ Dolchmacherstraße / In this street here / all the / daggermakers of the city sat. - Sharpness and sharpness / make daggers, dagger makers; / make daggers that pierce / the meshes of steel. "
  2. ↑ Jesús Martínez de Bujanda, Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966 . Ed .: Sherbrooke University. Center d'études de la Renaissance. Médiaspaul, 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , p. 844: SOLER 1 HUBERT, Frederic (1838–1895) (French, Google-eBook ).
personal data
SURNAME Soler, Frederic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soler i Hubert, Frederic (full name); Soler y Hubert, Frederich; Serafí Pitarra (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan poet, playwright and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1895