Francesca Torrent Boschdemont

Francesca Torrent Boschdemont (18 April 1881 – 15 April 1958) was a Spanish writer in the Catalan language who sometimes used the pseudonym Miosotis. Her prose and poetry, mostly rural, traditional, and religious, remained outside the cultural currents of the 20th century, as her main inspiration came from the Renaixença and popular poetry.

Early life and education Francesca Torrent Boschdemont was born at the Can Genís farmhouse in Agullana, into a family of rural landowners. After an early education that included religious and moral training, she moved to Girona to study teaching, although she never worked as a teacher.

In 1907, she married Jeroni Figa Sala, with whom she had 10 children. The couple, who moved to Banyoles and later to Girona, suffered financial difficulties as the family grew. During the 1920s and 1930s, she wrote tenaciously, her poetry centered on family events. She also published regularly in newspapers and magazines such as Avant, Joventut Obrera, El Eco de Gerona, and El Nord de Girona, among others, and contributed to El Semanario de Banyoles, Marinada, Vida Banyolina, and Tiempos Críticos.

In 2011, her name was included in the 1st Congress of Women in the Literary Field: The State of the Art.

Awards and honours She won several awards throughout her career. Her 1910 novel Almas pariones won an award at the Banyoles Floral Games. In 1955, she won a prize from the Girona Provincial Council in the Marian Contest in Figueres for her work, Sonets marians.

Selected works 1910, Almas pariones: assaig de novela 1955, La Mare de Déu de la Salut d'Empordà.