The Cobbler of Ordis
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The Cobbler of Ordis is a literary character created by the Catalan poet Carles Fages de Climent
, who in 1954 published "The balad of the Cobbler of Ordis", a book of poems prologated by the Catalan writer and philosopher Eugeni d'Ors
, and illustrated – including an epilogue – by Salvador Dalí
, a former classmate and close friend of the author. The character, who Eugeni d'Ors compared with Don Quixote, used to walk through the dusty paths and alleys of the Catalan county of Ampurdan, while directing the tramuntana, the north wind, with a cane.
Carles Fages de Climent
Carles Fages de Climent was a writer, poet and journalist from the Empordà, a historical region of Catalonia, Spain. He was born in Figueres on the 16th of May 1902...
, who in 1954 published "The balad of the Cobbler of Ordis", a book of poems prologated by the Catalan writer and philosopher Eugeni d'Ors
Eugeni d'Ors
Eugeni d’Ors i Rovira was a Catalan Spanish writer, essayist, journalist, philosopher and art critic...
, and illustrated – including an epilogue – by Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
, a former classmate and close friend of the author. The character, who Eugeni d'Ors compared with Don Quixote, used to walk through the dusty paths and alleys of the Catalan county of Ampurdan, while directing the tramuntana, the north wind, with a cane.
External links
- Dalí and Fages: "that intelligent and most cordial of collaborations" Carme Ruiz, Centre for Dalinian Studies, 6 July 2002
- "The shameful life of Salvador Dalí" (the witches of Llers)".