Dolors Monserdà

Dolors Monserdà i Vidal (née, Dolors Moncerdà i Vidal; also known as, Dolors Monserdà de Macià; Barcelona, 1845 - 1919) was a Catalan writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist. She was the sister of the painter Enric Monserdà i Vidal (1850-1926), and her daughter was married to the modernist architect, Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

She wrote in Spanish through 1875, and from then on, in the Catalan language. She was a regular participant in the Floral Games, where she was awarded prizes in 1878, 1882 and 1891. In 1909, she was the first woman to chair a poetry contest. A journalist as well, she wrote for the periodical, La Renaixença, and the magazine, Feminal.

Poetry

 * Poesies Catalanes, 1888
 * Poesies, 1911
 * Poetry from the Floral Games
 * Qui ets?, (1916, 1917)
 * He fet bé! (Propòsits d'enamorats), (1916, 1917)
 * Adéu a la poesia, (1916, 1919)
 * Flors de Natzareth, (1916, 1917, 1919)
 * Rondalles i Cançons, (1916, 1919, 1920, 1924)
 * El verb de la Patria, (1917)
 * La nostra Universitat, (1917, 1919)
 * A la poesia, (1917, 1920)
 * Del meu dietari d'Anyorançes, (1919)

Novels

 * La Montserrat, 1893
 * La família Asparó, 1900
 * La fabricanta, 1904
 * La Quitèria, 1906
 * Del món, 1908
 * Maria-Glòria, 1917
 * Buscant una ànima, 1919

Theatre

 * Sembrad y cogeréis, 1874
 * Teresa o un jorn de prova, 1876
 * Amor mana, 1913

Literary critic

 * Estudi feminista, 1909
 * Biografía de Na Josepa Massanés i Dalmau, 1915
 * Tasques socials, 1916