Joan Alcover Masponcio

Joan Alcover i Maspons (; 1854 – 1926) was a Spanish Balearic writer, poet, essayist and politician.

Biography The son of an influential family, he studied the Baccalaureate at the Balearic Institute before reading for a degree in Law in Barcelona. Once he became a lawyer in 1878, he returned to Majorca to take up varying posts in the Island's judiciary. Simultaneously, he was a militant of the liberal party of his friend Antoni Maura when he commenced a political career that would culminate in his appointment as a representative of the 'Corts' [Courts] (1893). After a short stay in Madrid, he returned home to the Balearic Islands and abandoned all political activities.