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Joan Margarit i Consarnau (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam məɾɣəˈɾit i kunsəɾˈnaw]; 11 May 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Catalan poet, architect and professor. Most of his work is written in the Catalan language. He won the 2019 Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
Joan Margarit Consarnau (Sanahuja, Lérida, 11 de mayo de 1938-San Justo Desvern, 16 de febrero de 2021 [1] ) fue un poeta y arquitecto español. Como arquitecto, fue catedrático de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña ( Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona ) y participó en la construcción de la Sagrada Familia .
Feb 16, 2021 · The Catalan poet and architect Joan Margarit has died at the age of 82. Margarit described poetry as " a tool to console during life's great moments of loss and sorrow." Throughout his long career, Margarit received several prestigious awards including the Jaume Fuster Prize from the Catalan Language Writers Association in 2015.
Joan Margarit studied Architecture in Barcelona and moved to live permanently in this city in 1961. Since 1968 he has been Professor of Calculus at the School of Architecture in Barcelona.
JOAN MARGARIT - Joan Margarit International Poetry Award. A poet in Catalan and Spanish, he wrote simultaneously – he did not translate: this question is dealt with in depth in his book Poetics – all his work in both languages. Born in Sanaüja (Segarra, Catalonia) in 1938.
Joan Margaret just won the Cervantes Prize 2019. The most important literary award in the Spanish language, endowed with 125.000 euros, has gone to this Catalan poet who has cultivated his work in both languages, as a standard bearer of a cultural conjunction beyond any ideology.
Feb 16, 2021 · The 82-year-old author passed away from lymph cancer, leaving behind an extensive and renowned oeuvre of poetry in Catalan. He was known for his serene, courageous and consoling voice, and his verses that explored the truth of his inner self and the world.
