Joan de Sagarra i Devesa (8 January 1939 – 9 May 2025) was a Spanish journalist and writer, son of the poet
Josep Maria de Sagarra.
Life and career
Sagarra studied at the Institut d'études théâtrales of the
Sorbonne, and when back in
Barcelona
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he worked as a journalist for ''Tele/eXpres'', ''
El País
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It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...
'' and ''
El Temps
''El Temps'' (; 'The Times') is a weekly newsmagazine, published in Valencia by ''Edicions del País Valencià'' since 1984. It is distributed throughout the whole Països Catalans. It is edited by Eliseu Climent. The publication has offices in ...
'', among other publications. He still wrote columns for ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper.
Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ...
'' newspaper.
He is thought to be the father of the concept of the ''
gauche divine'' ('divine left'), a movement of leftist intellectuals and artists that spread through Barcelona in the 1960s and early 1970s. The majority of its members came from the well-to-do classes of the Catalan capital.
Sagarra died on 9 May 2025, at the age of 86.
Bibliography
* ''Las rumbas de Joan de Sagarra'' (Kairós, 1971)
* ''La horma de mi sombrero'' (Alfaguara, 1997)
References
External links
*
Interviewin the TV program ''(S)avis'' of
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Television
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, 13 November 2013 (Catalan)
Interviewin the journal ''Jot Down'', January 2013 (Spanish)
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1939 births
2025 deaths
Catalan-language writers
Journalists from Catalonia
Writers from Catalonia