Josep Carner (1884-1970) was one of the leading members of a brilliant generation of Catalan poets. His work extends from the early years of the century to the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.J.L. Gili (1907-1998) was born in Barcelona and lived in England from 1934. A scholar, translator, publisher and bookseller, Joan Gili ran the Dolphin Book Company in Oxford for many years, and was well known as the translator of Lorca's 'Selected Poems' (Penguin).
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'Joan Gili's translation is itself a minor masterpiece... he has created a major poem in English for which there is no exact parallel in our language' - Arthur Terry