Bernat Metge

Bernat Metge (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾˈnad ˈmedʒə]; (c. 1350 – 1410) was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of Lo Somni [ca], which he wrote from prison (c. 1398), in which Metge discusses the immortality of the soul.^[1]

A mural of Metge

He was a courtier and Secretary for Joan I of Aragon, queen Violant of Bar, and following some troubles, once more served Martin the Humane of Aragon from 1403 to 1410.^[2][1]

His influences included the literature of Provence, Petrarch, and De vetula, wrongly attributed to Ovid and now sometimes claimed for Richard de Fournival.^[3]

He had a profound impact on the Catalan letters and was a catalyst for Italian letters to reach the Iberian Peninsula.^[1]

Works

• Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència (1381)
• Ovidi enamorat
• Valter e Griselda (1388)
• Apologia (1395)
• Lo somni (1399)