of the Renaixença. Joan Maragall, poet, translator from Greek and German, journalist and essayist. Jacint Verdarguer, poet, penned L'Atlàntida and the Catalan national epic, Canigó. Àngel Guimerà, playwright. Narcís Oller, novelist influenced by Émile Zola's naturalism, chronicled the Industrial Revolution, society and changing mindsets in his novels. Frederic Soler, known as Pitarra, playwright using colloquial Catalan. Joaquim Rubió i Ors, poet, known variously as Lo Gayté del Llobregat, El Gaiter del Llobregat, among others Víctor Català (real name Caterina Albert i Paradís), symbolist writer. Martí Genís i Aguilar, writer. Antoni Puig i Blanch, poet. Francesc Camprodon, poet. Víctor Balaguer, writer. Used the pseudonym Lo trovador de Montserrat. Antoni Gaudi, architect. Greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Maria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll, poet. Notes Further reading Joan Badia i d'altres, Llengua Catalana Cou, Ed.Teide, Barcelona, 1988, Enciclopèdia catalana de l'estudiant Llengua i literatura catalanes núm. 5 External links Renaixença, from the Nou diccionari 62 de la literatura catalana (2000). Page also contains extensive links to other reference-quality material. In Catalan. Renaixença, civisme i nacionalisme on the site of the Museu d'Història de Catalunya. In Catalan. La Renaixença 19th century in Catalonia Catalan culture Catalan-language literature Catalan symbols Catalan words and phrases Romanticism ca:Renaixença#Renaixença a Catalunya