Jaume Agelet i Garriga

Jaume Agelet i Garriga was a Catalan poet. He was born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain and died in Madrid. He was a graduate in law. In 1920 he entered the diplomatic service and was stationed in Vienna, Mexico, Washington, The Hague and finally Paris, his main residence after 1935.

Works

He was the author of diverse works, which integrated the Noucentisme movement with symbolism and neo-populism. He was also an occasional contributor to "La Revista", "La Nova Revista", "Quaderns de Poesia" and "Vida Lleidetana". As most of his works were published outside his native Catalonia, he was perhaps better known internationally than in his home country.
Many of his works were published in 1955 in "Obra poètica 1924-1955", which included a selection from previous collections: Domassos al Sol, La Tarda Oberta ; Hostal de Nuvols ; Els Fanals del Meu Sant ; Rosada i Celistia ; Pluges a L’erm ; and L’escalf del Graner.
Subsequently he published Fauna i Flora ; Fonts de Lluna, his most intense and melancholy book, La Gàbia de la Faula ; Hort Well and Ocells al Teulat. In 1984 the definitive edition of his Complete Poems was published by the "Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs".
His works have not been translated into English.