Dolors Anglada i Sarriera (; 1893, in

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– 1984, in Tiana,

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Biography

Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tiana, she studied at La Llotja de Barcelona with Joan Llaverias and Antoni Utrillo who helped Anglada get her first exposure in the

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and in the weekly magazine ''

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,'' which published her drawings. Later, and for a short period, would enter the academy Francesc d' A. Galí, where she met

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and Cristōfol Ricard, with the latter establishing close friendships both personally and artistically At the end of

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Anglada traveled to

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thanks to a

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scholarship, collaborating with several publishing companies there, where she corresponded with

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. Infused with democratic values and the Catalanist cause, she organized a request of

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for the accused participants in the Garraf Plot against the King

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. During the

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, she joined the UGT and collaborated in the Commissariat of propaganda, with the latter published in the Spanish Civil War (1937) that perhaps its most iconic and recognized ''Tale: The smallest of all''. Once the war ended, she settled permanently in Tiana, a town in the Maresme region near Barcelona, in the farm family resort where she died on 12 September 1984.

Artistic works

Versatile, with excellent drawing technique, great sensitivity and a strong Catalanist, Lola Anglada is considered the last of the classical Catalan illustrators of the 20th century and one of the most important writers of the pre-war era. She collaborated with several children's magazines, including ''En Jordi'', ''

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'', ''La Nuri'' (set up by Anglada herself) and '' La Mainada''. The character that she made most well-known, "El més petit de tots" ("the smallest of all of them"), is a symbol of Catalan national identity of that period.

Awards and legacy

In 1975, she was awarded the Medal of Cultural Merit of the

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'', granted by the

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. She gave her collection of dolls to the Diputació de Barcelona, which installed it in the Can Llopis Romanticism Museum of

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. Appointed adoptive daughter of Tiana, the village has also named its private

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after her. There are also Educational Institutions Lola AngladaEducational Institutions with the name of Lola Anglada
in

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and

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. Between 1984 and 2003, she granted herself the Prize Lola Anglada of brief stories for boys and girls, summoned by the Caixa de Terrassa and the Town Council of

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. Her personal collection is preserved in the Photographic Archive of Barcelona.

Works

*''Contes del Paradís'', 1920 *''En Peret'', 1928, illustrated by herself. *''Margarida'', 1929 illustrated by herself. *''Monsenyor Llangardaix'', 1929 *''Narcís'', 1930 *''El més petit de tots'', 1937 illustrated by herself. *''La Barcelona dels nostres avis'', 1949 *''La meva casa i el meu jardí'', 1958 *''Martinet'', 1960

References

External links

Webpage devoted to Lola Anglada (lletrA, Catalan Literature Online)

About Lola Anglada in ''www.escriptors.cat''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anglada, Lola Writers from Catalonia 1896 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Spanish women artists Catalan-language writers Women writers from Catalonia Women artists from Catalonia Spanish female comics artists Spanish women illustrators Burials at Poblenou Cemetery