Josep Maria de Sagarra

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Josep Maria de Sagarra

Josep Maria de Sagarra i de Castellarnau (born March 5, 1894 in Barcelona ; † September 27, 1961 there ) was a Catalan poet, novelist, dramaturge, journalist, translator and writer and is considered one of the most famous Catalan authors of the 20th century.

life and work

Sagarra comes from the small nobility of Barcelona; his father was the historian and sphragistician Ferran de Sagarra i de Siscar (1853-1939), the family of his mother Maria dels Dolors Filomena de Castellarnau i de Lleopart had roots in Tarragona .

After Josep went to high school in Reus , in the south of Catalonia, he graduated from high school with the Jesuits on Carrer de Casp in Barcelona. At the age of 15, Sagarra published poems in Catalan and Spanish. In 1910 he began studying law at the University of Barcelona . In 1913 he won the first prize, Englantina d'Or , in the poetry contest Jocs Florals with his poem Joan de l'Ó , which he had begun during a trip to Italy with his father. In 1914 he published his primer llibre de poems . After completing his law degree ( Licenciatura ), he first embarked on a diplomatic career and led a dandy-like life for many years until he finally turned to theater, poetry and literature.

He spent the time of the Spanish Civil War abroad; In 1940 he returned to Barcelona.

Sagarra is known as the author of more than two dozen plays and several volumes of poetry. He also made a name for himself as a journalist and especially as a translator of Dante and Shakespeare.

With his third and award-winning novel Vida privada (1932, German private matters ), he caused a scandal because of its "immoral content". This novel caused quite a stir in the upper social circles of Barcelona as Sagarra used his knowledge of the morality and behavior of the Catalan nobility for this publication. Sagarra, himself a nobleman, was therefore often referred to as the polluter of the nest. Despite all opposition, Vida privada was awarded the Premi Crexells of 1932.

In 1960 Sagarra received the Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio from the government in Madrid . The intellectuals of Barcelona, ​​committed to Catalanism, accused him of ingratulating the anti-Catalan Franco regime.

Many of his works have been set to music by musicians such as Guillemina Motta, Lluís Llach, Ramon Muntaner, Ovidi Montllor and Celdoni Fonoll.

Sagarra had a son with his wife Mercè Devesa , the writer and journalist Joan de Sagarra i Devesa (* 1938).

Josep Maria de Sagarra died of cancer in 1961. He found his final resting place in the Cementiri de Montjuïc , Barcelona.

Works

Charcoal drawing of Sagarra by Ricard Canals

Poems

  • 1914 Primer llibre de poemes
  • 1916 El mal caçador
  • 1918 Cançons d'abril i de novembre
  • 1922 Cançons de taverna i d'oblit
  • 1923 Cançons de rem i de vela
  • 1925 Cançons de totes les hores
  • 1928 El comte Arnau
  • 1931 El poema de Nadal
  • 1933 La rosa de cristall
  • 1936 Àncores i estrelles
  • 1937 Entre l'equador i els tròpics
  • 1956 El poema de Montserrat
  • 1989 Poemes satírics

Plays

  • 1918 Rondalla d'esparvers
  • 1919 Dijous Sant
  • 1921 L'estudiant i la pubilla
  • 1921 Cançó de taverna
  • 1921 El jardinet de l'amor
  • 1922 La careta
  • 1923 El foc de les ginesteres , 1923
  • 1922 El matrimoni secret
  • 1923 Cançó d'una nit d'estiu
  • 1923 Les veus de la terra
  • 1924 Fidelity
  • 1925 La màscara
  • 1925 La follia del desig
  • 1926 Marçal Prior
  • 1927 Un estudiant de Vic
  • 1927 L'assassinat de la senyora April
  • 1928 La Llúcia i la Ramoneta
  • 1928 Les llàgrimes d'Angelina
  • 1929 Judit
  • 1929 La filla del Carmesí
  • 1930 Gardènia
  • 1930 El cas del senyor Palau
  • 1930 La perla negra
  • 1930 La corona d'espines
  • 1930 Joan Enric
  • 1931 La priora del Roser
  • 1931 L'Hostal de la Glòria
  • 1931 Les tres Gracies
  • 1932 L'alegria de Cervera
  • 1932 Desitjada
  • 1933 L'estrella dels miracles
  • 1933 El Cafè de la Marina
  • 1933 L'Estrella dels miracles
  • 1934 La plaça de Sant Joan
  • 1935 La Rambla de les floristes
  • 1935 Reina
  • 1935 Roser florit
  • 1936 La cançó de la filla del marxant
  • 1946 El prestigi dels morts
  • 1947 La fortuna de Sílvia
  • 1948 Galatea
  • 1948 Ocells i llops
  • 1949 L'hereu i la forastera
  • 1950 Els comediants
  • 1950 Les vinyes del Priorat
  • 1952 L'alcova vermella
  • 1952 L'amor viu a dispesa
  • 1954 La ferida lluminosa
  • 1955 La paraula de foc
  • 1958 El pobre d'esperit i els altres
  • 1959 Soparem a casa
  • El senyor Perramon
  • El fiscal Requesens
  • El senyor Pupurull

Novels

  • 1919 Paulina Buxareu
  • 1928 All i salobre ,
  • 1932 Vida privada , in German: private matters , novel, translated from Catalan by Felice Balletta and Sven Limbeck, Elfenbein Verlag, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-932245-86-2

Magazine articles

  • 1929 Cafè, copa i puro
  • 1946 L'aperitiu
  • 1959 Cola de gallo

Other works

  • 1922 Els ocells amics
  • 1924 Elogi dels ocells
  • 1924 David i Jonathàs
  • 1924 El cas del doctor Hipòlit
  • 1924 Maria Pia
  • 1942 La ruta blava ; in Spanish; 1964 in Catalan
  • 1954 Memories
  • 1960 La bruixa dels panellets

Translations

Works in German translation

  • Josep Maria de Sagarra: Private Matters Roman. Translated from the Catalan by Felice Balletta and Sven Limbeck. Ivory Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-932245-86-2 .

Web links

Commons : Josep Maria de Sagarra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Serra i Puig. Ferran de Sagarra i de Siscar, semblança biogràfica. 2005. Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona. ISBN 84-7283-817-X . online: [1] , accessed April 24, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Sagarra, Josep Maria de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sagarra i de Castellarnau, Josep Maria de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, translator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1961
Place of death Barcelona