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This is an alphabetically sorted list of writers in the Catalan language:


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* Antònia Abelló * Elisabet Abeyà * Joan Alcover *
Gabriel Alomar Gabriel Alomar (; 1873–1941) was a poet, essayist, educator and diplomat of the early twentieth century in Spain, closely related to the Catalan art movement Modernisme. He was an active leftist libertarian, chiefly in Barcelona and the other Ca ...
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Núria Añó Núria Añó (, ; born 1973) is a Catalan writer and a translator. Añó has exhibited her work in universities and institutions giving papers on literary creation or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Franz Werf ...
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Sebastià Juan Arbó Sebastià Juan Arbó (; 1902–1984) was a Spanish novelist and playwright. He wrote in Catalan and Spanish. He was born in Sant Carles de la Ràpita on 28 October 1902 and died in Barcelona on 2 January 1984. His work includes novels, drama, biog ...


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* Borja Bagunyà *
Eva Baltasar Eva Baltasar (born August 26, 1978) is a Spanish poet and writer. She has a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. She has published ten books of poetry, which have earned numerous awards including the 2008 Miquel de Pa ...
* Maria Gràcia Bassa i Rocas *
Prudenci Bertrana Prudenci Bertrana i Comte (; Tordera, 19 January 1867 - Barcelona, 21 November 1941) was an important modernist writer in Catalan. Biography During his youth, he studied at Girona. Some years later, he went to Barcelona to pursue a course in in ...
* Joan Binimelis * Edmond Brazes *
Joan Brossa Joan Brossa (; 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998) was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote only in the Catalan language. He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set ...


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Jaume Cabré Jaume Cabré i Fabré (; born 1947) is a Catalan philologist, novelist and screenwriter. He was one of the founders of the Catalan literary collective, '' Ofèlia Dracs''. He was born in Terrassa. He graduated in Catalan Philology from the Univ ...
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Maria Teresa Cabré Maria Teresa Cabré i Castellví (known as M. Teresa Cabré; born 1947) is a Catalan linguist. She is professor ''emeritus'' of Linguistics and Terminology at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). Since 2021, she has been president of the Institute for C ...
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Pere Calders Pere Calders i Rossinyol (; 29 September 1912 – 21 July 1994) was a Catalan people, Catalan writer and cartoonist. Biography He became known at the beginning of the 1930s for his drawings, articles and stories which were published in newspa ...
* Mercè Canela * Josep Carner *
Maite Carranza Maite Carranza Gil-Dolz del Castellar (born 25 February 1958) is a Spanish writer and educator, mainly writing in Catalan. She is a recipient of the Premio Crítica Serra d'Or, TP de Oro award, Premio Ondas award, and the Spanish National Prize f ...
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Jordi Casanovas Jordi Casanovas Güell (; born 1978 in Vilafranca del Penedès) is a Catalan playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ( ...
* Víctor Català * Jaume Cuadrat *
Toni Cucarella Toni Cucarella is the pen name of Lluís Antoni Navarro i Cucarella (born 1959), a writer from Xàtiva, València. He began to work at fourteen years old, doing various jobs, the latest as a postman. Amongst his work are the novels: ''Cool: Fre ...


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Bernat Desclot Bernard Desclot (in Catalan: Bernat Desclot) was a Catalan chronicler whose work covering the brief reign of Peter III of Aragon (1276–85) forms one of the four '' Catalan Grand Chronicles'' through which the modern historian views thirteenth- a ...
* Teresa Duran


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* Francesc Eiximenis * Salvador Espriu *
Vicent Andrés Estellés Vicent Andrés Estellés (; 4 September 1924 in Burjassot, Valencia – 27 March 1993 in Valencia) was a Spanish journalist and poet. He is considered one of the main renovators of modern Valencian poetry, with a similar role to that of Ausiàs ...


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* Ester Fenoll Garcia *
Gabriel Ferrater Gabriel Ferrater i Soler (; 20 May 1922 – 27 April 1972) was an author, translator and scholar of linguistics of the sixties who wrote in the Catalan language. His poetical work is one of the most important among the authors of post-war Catalo ...
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Josep Vicenç Foix Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas (; 28 January 1893 in Barcelona – 29 January 1987) was a Catalan poet, writer, and essayist in Catalan. He usually signed his work by using the abbreviation J.V. Foix. Biography Born in Sarrià, Barcelona, Foix was th ...
* Francesc Fontanella *
Joan Fuster Joan Fuster i Ortells (; 23 November 1922 – 21 June 1992) was an influential Spanish writer. He is considered a major writer in the Valencian language (a dialect of the Catalan language), and his work contributed to reinvigorate left-wing, pr ...


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Martí Joan de Galba Martí Joan de Galba (; died 1490) was once considered to be the co-author of the famous Valencian epic '' Tirant lo Blanch'', which he worked on after the death of his friend, Joanot Martorell. But the nature of his contributions have been called i ...
* Jordi Galceran *
Tomàs Garcés Tomàs Garcés i Miravet (; 9 October 1901 – 16 November 1993, Barcelona) was a Catalan poet and lawyer. Garcés was born in Barcelona. He studied law, philosophy, and literature at the University of Barcelona. At the time of the Spanish Civil ...
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Gaziel Agustí Calvet Pascual (; Sant Feliu de Guíxols; October 7, 1887 – Barcelona; April 12, 1964), known as Gaziel (), was a Spanish journalist, writer and publisher. Life and works Before the Spanish Civil War He studied humanities in Barcelon ...
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Juan Goytisolo Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet ...
* Adrià Gual * Àngel Guimerà * Francesc Vicent Garcia


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Maria de la Pau Janer Maria de la Pau Janer (; born 13 January 1966 in Majorca) is a writer from Spain who works in Spanish and Catalan language, Catalan. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela and the Ramon Llull Novel Award. She got her Doctor of Philos ...


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Ramon Llull Ramon Llull (; c. 1232 – c. 1315/16) was a philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, and Christian apologist from the Kingdom of Majorca. He invented a philosophical system known as the ''Art'', conceived as a type of universal logic to pro ...


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* Jordi de Manuel *
Joan Maragall Joan Maragall i Gorina (; 10 October 1860 in Barcelona – 20 December 1911) was a Spanish poet, journalist and translator, the foremost member of the ''modernisme'' movement in literature. His manuscripts are preserved in the Joan Maragall ...
* Ausiàs March *
Joan Margarit Joan Margarit i Consarnau (; 11 May 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Catalan poet, architect and professor. Most of his work is written in the Catalan language. He won the 2019 Miguel de Cervantes Prize. Life and career Born in Sanaüja to ...
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Miquel Martí i Pol Miquel Martí i Pol (; 19 March 1929 – 11 November 2003) was one of the most popular and widely-read Catalan poets of the twentieth century, publishing more than 1,500 poems. Biography At the age of 14, Martí i Pol started work in the offic ...
* Joanot Martorell *
Bernat Metge Bernat Metge (; ( 1350 – 1410) was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of '' Lo Somni'', which he wrote from prison (c. 1398), in which Metge discusses the immortality of the soul. He was a courtier and Secretary for Joan I o ...
* Josep Maria Miró * Gabriel Mòger *
Terenci Moix Terenci Moix (; real name Ramon Moix i Meseguer; 5 January 1942, in Barcelona – 2 April 2003, in Barcelona) was a Spanish writer, who wrote in Spanish, and in Catalan. He is also the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix. Life and work ...
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Jesús Moncada Jesús Moncada i Estruga (; Mequinenza, 1941 – Barcelona, 13 June 2005) was a narrator and translator. His work is a re-creation, somewhere between realism and fantasy, of the mythical past of the old town of Mequinenza -now submerged beneath t ...
* Quim Monzó * Josep Ferrater i Mora * Ramon Muntaner


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Joan Oliver Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...
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Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (4 December 1946 – 10 February 2022) was a Spanish writer. Her work has been translated into German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Portuguese, and Russian. She was honored with the Premi d'Honor de les Lletr ...
* Narcís Oller *
Eugenio d'Ors Eugenio d'Ors Rovira (Barcelona, 28 September 1882 – Vilanova i la Geltrú, 25 September 1954) was a Spanish writer, essayist, journalist, philosopher and art critic. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish, sometimes under the pseudonym of ''Xèn ...


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Miquel de Palol Miquel de Palol i Muntanyola (born April 2, 1953) is a Spanish architect, poet and storyteller, son of the archaeologist Pere de Palol. In 2011 he was appointed president of the Association of Collegiate Writers of Catalonia. His first novel in ...
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Sergi Pàmies Sergi Pàmies (; born 28 January 1960) is a Spanish writer, translator, journalist and television and radio presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa Pàmies and the former general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, Greg ...
* Josep Pedrals i Urdàniz * Manuel de Pedrolo *
Albert Sánchez Piñol Albert Sánchez Piñol (; born 11 July 1965) is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish. He has been described as a "significant European writer". Theroux, Marcel (19 December 2005)"Cold Skin" ' ...
* Josep Pla * Baltasar Porcel i Pujol * Núria Pradas * Gilabert de Próixita *
Frederic Pujulà i Vallés Frederic may refer to: Places United States * Frederic, Wisconsin, a village in Polk County * Frederic Township, Michigan, a township in Crawford County ** Frederic, Michigan, an unincorporated community Other uses * Frederic (band), a Japanese r ...


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* Pere Quart


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* Carles Riba *
Mercè Rodoreda Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí (; 10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983) was a Catalan novelist. She is considered the most influential contemporary Catalan language writer, as evidenced by the references of other authors in her work and the internation ...
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Montserrat Roig Montserrat Roig i Fransitorra (; Barcelona, 13 June 1946 – 10 November 1991) was a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and articles.
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Josep Romaguera Josep Romaguera (; 1642–1723) is the author of the only emblem book ever published in the Catalan language, the Atheneo de Grandesa. His work consists of prose, poetry and sermons. His writing is typical of Baroque style. Romaguera was born ...
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Manel de la Rosa Manel de la Rosa Mileo (Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With ...
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Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel (; 3 August 1913 in Palma, Majorca – 5 January 1938 in El Brull, Barcelona) was a Spanish Balearic poet, who wrote in Catalan. He completed his bachelor's degree in arts and philosophy in Barcelona and his PhD deg ...
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Santiago Rusi̱ol Santiago Rusi̱ol i Prats (, ; Barcelona 25 February 1861 РAranjuez 13 June 1931) was a Spanish painter, poet, journalist, collector and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the Catalan ''modernisme'' movement. He created more than a ...


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Joan Salvat-Papasseit Joan Salvat-Papasseit (; Barcelona, 16 May 1894 – 7 August 1924) was a Catalan poet, though he also wrote articles, manifestos and other prose of a political and social nature. He wrote primarily in Catalan, although he had an early period of es ...
* Joan Sales * Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas i Martínez del Romero *
Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich (born 9 December 1954) is a Spain, Spanish poet and writer in the Catalan language. She has lived in Sitges since 2001. Biography Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich undertook musical studies (piano, guitar, harmony) at the Arts of ...
* Vicent Sanz i Arnau *
Isabel-Clara Simó Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language. Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi i ...
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Sílvia Soler Sílvia Soler i Guasch (born 1961) is a Spanish writer and journalist who writes in Catalan. In 2013, her novel ''L’estiu que comença'' was awarded the Ramon Llull Novel Award. Early life and education Sílvia Soler i Guasch was born on 5 Oc ...
* Jaume Subirana


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* Ramon Bech Taberner *
Màrius Torres Màrius Torres (; 30 August 1910 – 29 October 1942) was a Catalan poet, first published by fellow writer Joan Sales in Mexico. He was among the most influential poets in the first 30 years of post-Civil War Catalonia and is today considere ...
* Anselm Turmeda


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* Jacint Verdaguer *
Arnau de Vilanova Arnaldus de Villa Nova (also called Arnau de Vilanova in Catalan, his language, Arnaldus Villanovanus, Arnaud de Ville-Neuve or Arnaldo de Villanueva, c. 1240–1311) was a physician and a religious reformer. He was also thought to be an alchem ...


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* Lydia Zimmermann


See also

* Catalan literature * List of Catalan-language poets


References

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