Joanot Martorell

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Joanot Martorell (Valencian pronunciation: [dʒuaˈnɔd maɾtoˈɾeʎ]) (Gandia, south of Valencia, 1413 – 1468) was a Valencian knight and the author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian (Martorell calls it "the Valencian popular" "vulgar llengua valenciana" spoken in the Kingdom of Valencia). First published in Valencia in 1490, some consider it the first modern novel in Europe.

It deals with the adventures of a knight in the Byzantine Empire with echoes of the real-life Catalan Company. Miguel de Cervantes in the book burning scene of Don Quixote considers it the best chivalry novel. Martorell was a chivalrous man and suffered an early death due to court intrigue, leading to a colleague, Martí Joan de Galba, finishing the novel.

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External links

Joanot Martorell by the Association of Catalan Language Writers. Website in Catalan, English and Spanish.
Tirant lo Blanc, by Joanot Martorell in LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia)] (Catalan)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 27074442 LCCN: n79069924 ISNI: 0000 0001 2277 6721 GND: 118782371 BNF: cb11994360c

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Name	Martorell, Joanot
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Date of birth	1413
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Date of death	1468
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