Joaquín María Bover de Roselló facts for kids
Joaquín María Bover de Roselló (born in Seville in 1810 – died in Palma de Mallorca in 1865) was a Spanish writer and editor. He mostly wrote in Spanish, but he also created some poems in the Catalan language. Joaquín grew up on the island of Majorca, though he sometimes visited Madrid.
About Joaquín María Bover de Roselló
Joaquín Bover de Roselló was very interested in the Balearic Islands, which are a group of islands off the coast of Spain. He wrote many books about their geography (how the land is shaped) and their history. He also studied the writers and literature (books and poems) from these islands. For example, he created a special dictionary about writers from the Balearic Islands.
What He Wrote About
Besides his studies on the Balearic Islands, Joaquín Bover de Roselló also wrote inspiring poems and poems about everyday life and events. Some of these poems were in Catalan, a language spoken in some parts of Spain, including Majorca. He even put together a dictionary that helped people translate words from Mallorcan Catalan to Spanish.
He wrote many different kinds of books and papers. Some of his works included:
- Descriptions of places, like Estellencs (1831).
- Historical notes about Majorca, such as Noticias histórico-topográfico de la isla de Mallorca (1836).
- Books about the history of literature in Majorca, like Del origen, vicisitudes y estado actual de la literatura en la isla de Mallorca (1839).
- A very important book called Biblioteca de escritores baleares (1868), which was a dictionary listing many writers from the Balearic Islands.
