Martorell, Joanot

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Joanot Martorell (1413–1468) was the Valencian author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian (Catalan). First published in Valencia in 1490, it was re-pressed in Barcelona in 1497, and it's considered the the first modern novel in Europe.

It deals with the adventures of a knight in the Byzantine Empire with echoes of the real-life Catalan Company. Miguel de Cervantes in the book burning scene of Don Quixote considers it the best knight novel.

External links

• Works by Joanot Martorell at Project Gutenberg

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