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No one was left unmoved when, at just 20 years of age, Jacint Verdaguer (1845 –1902) won his first Floral Games and went to collect his prize dressed in peasant clothing. And his rural origins would impact him throughout his life.
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845-1902 ), a romantic writer and a key figure in the Renaixença, is regarded as the founder of modern Catalan literature. His most prominent works, which have been translated into several European languages, include L’Atlàntida, Canigó and En defensa pròpia.
The Verdaguer House Museum (Catalan: Casa Museu Verdaguer) is a literary museum in Folgueroles, birthplace of poet Jacint Verdaguer, in the region of Osona. [1] It was opened in 1967 and is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network.
His works, some forty in various genres, are significant evidence of the changes in Barcelona society in the second half of the 19th century. The poet’s voice was heard in pamphlets, in the press and at public events, yet above all in the books he published in Barcelona where he had his centre of literary operations.
A literary look at the landscapes that played an influential role in the life and works of Verdaguer. His vision of the scenery of Catalonia: Barcelona, his birthplace and Canigó mountain seen through the verses of the great Catalan poet.
From 1877 to 1889, the poet’s most productive years, Verdaguer traveled extensively on foot throughout the Catalan Pyrenees, making several ascents to the summit of Mount Canigó and several other among the highest peaks in the region, garnering the legend and lore that he molded into his second, arguably greatest, foundational epic poem ...
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Excursions i viatges és un llibre de proses de Jacint Verdaguer sobre les seves exploracions i estades al Pirineu, les seves navegacions per la Mediterrània i la seva gran expedició a l'Europa central i del nord, publicat l'any 1887 per l'editor i amic del poeta Francesc Matheu.
