Name Joanot Martorell Siblings Isabel Martorell Movies The Maidens' Conspiracy | Died 1468, Gandia, Spain Role Author | |
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Books Tirant lo Blanch, El cavaller Tirant lo Blanc, The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc Similar People Ausias March, Marti Joan de Galba, Marti de Riquer i Morera, Vicente Aranda, Maria Aurelia Capmany | ||
Joanot Martorell ([dʒuaˈnɔd maɾtoˈɾeʎ]) (Gandia, south of Valencia, 1413 – 1468) was a Valencian knight and the author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, written in the Valencian vernacular (Martorell calls it vulgar llengua valenciana) and published at Valencia in 1490.
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- Documental sobre la biografia de joanot martorell autor de tirant lo blanc
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It deals with the adventures of a knight in the Byzantine Empire. Miguel de Cervantes in the book burning scene of Don Quixote considers it the best chivalry novel. Martorell was a chivalrous man and suffered an early death due to court intrigue, leading to a colleague, Martí Joan de Galba, finishing the novel.
It is considered to be one of the first works of alternative history.
Documental joanot martorell mpg
Documental sobre la biografia de joanot martorell autor de tirant lo blanc
References
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