Joan Margarit has won a host of awards including Spain’s national poetry prize for his book “Casa de misericòrdia”. No, I haven’t made a mistake there – Joan (pronounced Show-Ann) is a man’s name in Catalonia.
Margarit is also an architect and that might be why there is a clarity about his poems. They get to the point and are not too wordy.
“You can only be a realist. There is nothing more than reality to write about,” says Joan.
Without doubt, he is a poet well worth checking out. You can find some of his work in English at this website.
