Descendant of a country family, he passed part of his childhood in Sabadell, although he had been born in the city of Barcelona 8 November 1908. When his family came back to Barcelona he entered to work in a textile warehouse. In year 1934 won a competition of social stories, and short time afterwards he started to collaborate in magazines such as Friend and Meridian.[2]
He took part in the Spanish Civil War with the republican side, and exiled himself at the beginning of 1939: he passed through several refugee camps (Sant Cebrià, Argelers and Agde) before arriving in Roissy-in Brie (Paris), where he met the writer Anna Murià (who was also exile) with whom he would marry and have two children. In 1940 they embarked towards Dominican Republic, and left after to Cuba and to Mexico. In there, they fixed their residence and set up the magazine Lletres (Letters; 1944–1947). Likewise also made stays in the United States of America, especially between 1949–1950, 1960 and 1963, being nominated in year 1969 as professor of Hispano-American poetry at the University of Maryland.
In 1970 they returned to Catalonia; they settled in the city of Terrassa, where he died on 8 July 1982.
In year 1973 his work Els himnes (The hymns) was rewarded with the Prize Carles Riba of poetry, and in 1981 with the Cross of Sant Jordi (granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya). In 1982, Haikús d'Arsinal was rewarded with the Prize of the Criticism of Catalan poetry.
agustí, bartra, lleonart, catalan, pronunciation, əɣusˈti, ˈβaɾtɾəj, ʎə, uˈnaɾt, 1908, 1982, spanish, poet, writer, translator, university, professor, catalan, language, born1908barcelona, spaindied1982, aged, terrassa, spainnotable, worksels, himneshaikús, ar. Agusti Bartra i Lleonart Catalan pronunciation eɣusˈti ˈbaɾtɾej ʎe uˈnaɾt 1908 1982 1 was a Spanish poet writer translator and University Professor in Catalan language Agusti BartraBorn1908Barcelona SpainDied1982 aged 73 74 Terrassa SpainNotable worksEls himnesHaikus d ArsinalBiography editDescendant of a country family he passed part of his childhood in Sabadell although he had been born in the city of Barcelona 8 November 1908 When his family came back to Barcelona he entered to work in a textile warehouse In year 1934 won a competition of social stories and short time afterwards he started to collaborate in magazines such as Friend and Meridian 2 He took part in the Spanish Civil War with the republican side and exiled himself at the beginning of 1939 he passed through several refugee camps Sant Cebria Argelers and Agde before arriving in Roissy in Brie Paris where he met the writer Anna Muria who was also exile with whom he would marry and have two children In 1940 they embarked towards Dominican Republic and left after to Cuba and to Mexico In there they fixed their residence and set up the magazine Lletres Letters 1944 1947 Likewise also made stays in the United States of America especially between 1949 1950 1960 and 1963 being nominated in year 1969 as professor of Hispano American poetry at the University of Maryland In 1970 they returned to Catalonia they settled in the city of Terrassa where he died on 8 July 1982 In year 1973 his work Els himnes The hymns was rewarded with the Prize Carles Riba of poetry and in 1981 with the Cross of Sant Jordi granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya In 1982 Haikus d Arsinal was rewarded with the Prize of the Criticism of Catalan poetry References edit Biography at AELC Biography Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links edit Agusti Bartra lletrA UOC Open University of Catalonia nbsp nbsp This article about a Catalan writer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a translator from Catalonia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agusti Bartra amp oldid 1167202958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
