Rafael Sari (1904 in

Alghero Alghero (; ; ; ) is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian province of Sassari in the north west of the island of Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from ''Aleguerium'', which is a mediaeval Latin word m ...

– 1978) was a popular Sardinian poet and writer in Catalan. He worked as a school teacher and archivist of Alghero. From 1929 onwards he regularly published, in newspapers and magazines in Alghero in the

Algherese dialect Algherese or Alguerese (endonym and exonym, autonym: ) is the Variety (linguistics), variety of Catalan language, Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero ( in Catalan), in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy. The dialect has its roots in 1372, w ...

of Catalan, articles and poems - several of which won literary awards. His poetry is of an intimate nature and his compositions are often put to music. He was also founder and first secretary of the Cultural Centre for Alghero, along with Rafael Catardi - which now runs the annual literary prize in Alghero which bears his name.

Bibliography

* ''Rima, memòria, poesia ...'' with Domènec Guansé and Miquel Palau, Editex, 1958. * ''Ciutat mia: (Pà di casa)'', Edizioni Della Torre, 1984. * ''Ombra i sol: poemes de l'Alguer'' - 1980.Shade and su
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sari, Rafael 1904 births People from Alghero 1978 deaths Italian poets Italian writers