Books by Joan Margarit

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

Joan Margarit is one of Spain's major modern writers, known for his mastery of the Catalan language. In Love Is a Place, a translation of his three most recent collections, he finds himself face to face with the prospect of his own death, while rediscovering love.

Explores poetry as vocation, obsession, and partnership between writer and reader, a 'road toward inner growth'. This book is suitable for poets young and old, writers, and readers seeking insights into the creative process and 'the way both poet and reader can find their own way to face solitude'.

Joan Margarit is one of Spain's major modern writers, known for his mastery of the Catalan language, and has become Spain's most widely acclaimed contemporary poet. This edition draws on two collections published since his 2006 Bloodaxe retrospective, "Tugs in the Fog: Selected Poems".