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Catalan poet Joan Margarit (1938-2021) was one of Spain’s major modern writers. In this final collection he faces the approach of death with courage, humility and even humour. ‘Each of Margarit’s poems is its own being, like a living creature with its own body-shape and voice, its own breath and heart-beat.’—Sharon Olds
Catalan poet Joan Margarit (1938-2021) was one of Spain’s major modern writers. In this final collection he faces the approach of death with courage, humility and even humour. ‘Each of Margarit’s poems is its own being, like a living creature with its own body-shape and voice, its own breath and heart-beat.’—Sharon Olds