Dolors Monserdà i Vidal

Illustration of Dolors Monserdà by Catalan artist Lluïsa Vidal.

Dolors Monserdà i Vidal (née, Dolors Moncerdà i Vidal; also known as Dolors Monserdà de Macià; Barcelona, 1845 - 1919) was a Catalan writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist. She was the sister of the painter Enric Monserdà i Vidal (1850-1926), and her daughter was married to the modernist architect, Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

She wrote in Spanish through 1875, and from then on, in the Catalan language. She was a regular participant in the Floral Games, where she was awarded prizes in 1878, 1882 and 1891. In 1909, she was the first woman to chair a poetry contest. A journalist as well, she wrote for the periodical, La Renaixença, and the magazine, Feminal.

Selected works

Poetry Poesies Catalanes, 1888 Poesies, 1911 Poetry from the Floral Games Qui ets?, (1916, 1917) He fet bé! (Propòsits d'enamorats), (1916, 1917) Adéu a la poesia, (1916, 1919) Flors de Natzareth, (1916, 1917, 1919) Rondalles i Cançons, (1916, 1919, 1920, 1924) El verb de la Patria, (1917) La nostra Universitat, (1917, 1919) A la poesia, (1917, 1920) Del meu dietari d'Anyorançes, (1919)

Novels La Montserrat, 1893 La família Asparó, 1900 La fabricanta, 1904 La Quitèria, 1906 Del món, 1908 Maria-Glòria, 1917 Buscant una ànima, 1919

Theatre Sembrad y cogeréis, 1874 Teresa o un jorn de prova, 1876 Amor mana, 1913

Literary critic Estudi feminista, 1909 Biografía de Na Josepa Massanés i Dalmau, 1915 Tasques socials, 1916