Joan Brossa

Who was Joan Brossa?

Joan Brossa was a Catalan poet, as well as a playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote his huge literary work in the Catalan language only.

He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set and one of the leading early proponents of visual poetry in Catalan literature. Although he was in the vanguard of the post-war poets. He also wrote hundreds of formally perfect sonnets, saphic odes and sestinas as well as thousands of free and direct poems. His creative work embraced every aspect of the arts: cinema, theatre, music, cabaret, the para-theatrical arts, magic and the circus.