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Birth of Narcís Oller

Valls, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Birth of Narcís Oller

Historical milestone · Valls, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Novelist and lawyer born in Valls on 10 August 1846 and died in Barcelona on 26 July 1930, who introduced realism and naturalism into Catalan literature, though he eventually adapted to modernism, with works such as La papallona, La febre d'or and Vilaniu, the last of these inspired by his home town and by Valls society in the 19th century. Orphaned of his father at the age of two, he was raised in the Moragas family home in Valls, in a well-off, liberal environment, and studied law in Barcelona, graduating in 1871 to work as a civil servant and court attorney. Around 1877 he decided to write in Catalan, encouraged by the Jocs Florals and the gatherings of La Renaixença; his friends Josep Yxart, his cousin, and Joan Sardà steered him towards realism and naturalism after he discovered Zola.

1846-1930

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