Dolors Monserdà

Illustration of Dolors Monserdà (1914) by Catalan artist Lluïsa Vidal.

Tomb of Dolors Monserdà at Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona

Dolors Monserdà i Vidal (née, Dolors Moncerdà i Vidal; also known as, Dolors Monserdà de Macià; Barcelona, 1845 - 1919) was a Catalan writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist. She was the sister of the painter Enric Monserdà i Vidal (1850-1926), and her daughter was married to the modernist architect, Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

She wrote in Spanish through 1875, and from then on, in the Catalan language. She was a regular participant in the Floral Games, where she was awarded prizes in 1878, 1882 and 1891. In 1909, she was the first woman to chair a poetry contest. A journalist as well, she wrote for the periodical, La Renaixença, and the magazine, Feminal.

Selected works

Poetry

• Poesies Catalanes, 1888
• Poesies, 1911
• Poetry from the Floral Games

• Qui ets?, (1916, 1917)
• He fet bé! (Propòsits d'enamorats), (1916, 1917)
• Adéu a la poesia, (1916, 1919)
• Flors de Natzareth, (1916, 1917, 1919)
• Rondalles i Cançons, (1916, 1919, 1920, 1924)
• El verb de la Patria, (1917)
• La nostra Universitat, (1917, 1919)
• A la poesia, (1917, 1920)
• Del meu dietari d'Anyorançes, (1919)

Novels

• La Montserrat, 1893
• La família Asparó, 1900
• La fabricanta, 1904
• La Quitèria, 1906
• Del món, 1908
• Maria-Glòria, 1917
• Buscant una ànima, 1919

Theatre

• Sembrad y cogeréis, 1874
• Teresa o un jorn de prova, 1876
• Amor mana, 1913

Literary critic

• Estudi feminista, 1909
• Biografía de Na Josepa Massanés i Dalmau, 1915
• Tasques socials, 1916

External links

• Media related to Dolors Monserdà i Vidal at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Dolors Monserdà at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)