Clementina Arderiu

Clementina Arderiu (1889 in Barcelona – 1976) was a Catalan poet who wrote in the Catalan language.

Influences on her work included popular poetry, the Catalan language writer Josep Carner, and her husband, the poet Carles Riba.

Her poems tend to idealize daily life.

Works Cançons i elegies, 1916 L'alta llibertat, 1920 Poemes, 1936 Sempre i ara, 1946, Joaquim Folguera prize Poesies completes, 1952 És a dir, 1968, Óssa Menor prize and Lletra d'Or prize L’esperança encara, 1968

Recording from the Library of Congress

Clementina Arderíu reading twelve poems from her collected volumes, Poesia completas,1952.