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[1]
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Archivo Histórico de la Ciudad de Barcelona. Fons 6B-Jocs Florals, Sèrie III-Pliques (in Spanish)
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