Tomàs Garcés

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Tomàs Garcés i Miravet (October 9, 1901-November 16, 1993, Barcelona) was a Catalan poet and lawyer.

Garcés was born in Barcelona. He studied law, philosophy and literature in the University of Barcelona.

At the time of Spanish Civil War Garcés fleed to France where he was as a teacher of Spanish language in the University of Toulouse. He returned to Catalonia in 1947.

Tomas was called "The Catalan poet of song" for his short regular verses.

He worked in several literary publications: Mar Vella, which he founded and also Ariel, Serra d'Or, Revista de Catalunya and also La Publicitat, in which he published his works under the pseudonym "Ship-Boy".

His style was identified with the Castilian language poets Federico García Lorca and Rafael Alberti.

For his works he was awarded several prizes, including The City of Barcelona Award, The Generalitat de Catalunya award, Crítica Serra d'Or, Creu de Sant Jordi and Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.

[edit] External links

• Biography at excriptors.cat (Catalan)
• Tomàs Garcés at Lletra, espai virtual de literatura catalana (Catalan)

Persondata
NAME	Garces, Tomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Catalan poet and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spain
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1993
PLACE OF DEATH	Barcelona, Spain