Everything about Joanot Martorell totally explained
Joanot Martorell (
1413 –
1468) was the
Valencian
author of the novel
Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in the
Catalan language (Martorell calls it "the Valencian vernacular" "
vulgar llengua valenciana" used in the
Crown of Aragon). First published in
Valencia in 1490, it was reprinted in
Barcelona in 1497, and some consider it the first modern
novel in
Europe.
It deals with the adventures of a
knight in the
Byzantine Empire with echoes of the real-life
Catalan Company.
Miguel de Cervantes in the
book burning scene of
Don Quixote considers it the best
knight novel. Martorell was a chivalrous man and suffered an early death due to court intrigue, leading to a colleague,
Marti Joan de Galba, finishing the novel.
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