Bernat Metge (; ( 1350 – 1410) was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of ', which he wrote from prison ( 1398), in which Metge discusses the immortality of the soul. He was a courtier and Secretary for Joan I of Aragon, queen Violant of Bar, and following some troubles, once more served Martin the Humane of Aragon from 1403 to 1410. His influences included the literature of

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, and '' De vetula'', wrongly attributed to

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and now sometimes claimed for Richard de Fournival.Gilabert 1993: 1083. He had a profound impact on the Catalan letters and was a catalyst for Italian letters to reach the Iberian Peninsula.

Works

*''Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència'' (1381) *''Ovidi enamorat'' *''Valter e Griselda'' (1388) *''Apologia'' (1395) *''Lo somni'' (1399)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Metge, Bernat 1340s births 1413 deaths Writers from Catalonia Medieval Catalan-language writers Medieval Catalan writers Renaissance humanists Catalan-language poets 14th-century Spanish poets People from Barcelona 14th-century writers from the Crown of Aragon 14th-century Catalan people