Lola Anglada

Portrait of Lola Anglada

Lola Anglada i Sarriera (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈɫɔɫ əŋˈɡɫaðə]; b. 1893 in Barcelona, d. 1984 Tiana, Maresme) was a Catalan writer and illustrator.

Biography

Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tiana, she studied at La Llotja de Barcelona with Joan Llaverias and Antoni Utrillo who helped Anglada get her first exposure in the Sala Parés and in the weekly magazine ¡Cu-Cut!, which published her drawings.

At the end of World War I Anglada traveled to Paris thanks to a French Government scholarship, collaborating with several publishing companies there, where she corresponded with Francesc Macià or Josep Clarà. Infused with democratic values and the Catalanist cause, she organized a request of amnesty for the accused participants in the Garraf Plot against the King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Artistic works

Versatile, with excellent drawing technique, great sensitivity and a strong Catalanist, Lola Anglada is considered the last of the classical Catalan illustrators of the 20th century and one of the most important writers of the pre-war era.

She collaborated with several children's magazines, including En Jordi, En Patufet, La Nuri (set up by Anglada herself) and La Mainada. The character that she made most well-known, "El més petit de tots" ("the smallest of all of them"), is a symbol of Catalan national identity of that period.

Awards and legacy

In 1975, she was awarded the Medal of Cultural Merit of the Diputació de Barcelona; in 1980 with the Medal of the Promotion of the Decorative Arts; and in 1981 with the Creu de Sant Jordi, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. She gave her collection of dolls to the Diputació de Barcelona, which installed it in the Romantic Museum of Sitges.

Appointed adoptive daughter of Tiana, the village has also named its private primary school after her. There are also Educational Institutions Lola Anglada^[1] in Badalona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Martorell, Esplugues de Llobregat, Vilafranca del Penedès and Lloret de Mar.

Between 1984 and 2003, she granted herself the Prize Lola Anglada of brief stories for boys and girls, summoned by the Caixa de Terrassa and the Town Council of Terrassa.

Works

• Contes del Paradís, 1920
• En Peret, 1928, illustrated by herself.
• Margarida, 1929 illustrated by herself.
• Monsenyor Llangardaix, 1929
• Narcís, 1930
• El més petit de tots, 1937 illustrated by herself.
• La Barcelona dels nostres avis, 1949
• La meva casa i el meu jardí, 1958
• Martinet, 1960

References

1. ↑ Educational Institutions with the name of Lola Anglada (Catalan)

External links

• Webpage devoted to Lola Anglada (lletrA, Catalan Literature Online) (Catalan)
• About Lola Anglada in www.escriptors.cat (Catalan)