Rafael Santos Torroella
Illustration — Rafael Santos Torroella and his wife, María Teresa Bermejo Rafael Santos Torroella (1914, in Portbou – 2002, in Barcelona) was a Spanish art critic, translator and poet.
Rafael Santos Torroella
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- Born
- 1914 · Portbou.
- Died
- 2002 · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- linguist · writer · translator · poet · critic · artist · art collector
- Education
- University of Valladolid
- Honours
- Premio Boscán
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish · English
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Brother of Àngels Santos Torroella, he wrote several books on Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, among others, and helped renovate the avant-garde art scene in Spain after the Spanish Civil War. Santos published his Antología Poética in 1952. He is considered as a major authority in the artistic universe. His bibliography is very important (references in all important libraries, not only in European countries but all around the world). A lot of books and works, particularly about Miró and Dalí, have really established his fame. But it seems that his life is not very well known.
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Rafael Santos Torroella appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an art critic, poet, essayist, translator and art collector (21 January 1914 – 29 September 2002). Rafael Santos Torroella was born on 21 January 1914; the birthplace is recorded as Port-Bou by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Portbou (Espagne) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Rafael Santos Torroella died on 29 September 2002; the place of death is Barcelona, Spain, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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November 1951. Arxiu i Biblioteca Rafael i María Teresa Santos Torroella. Salvador Dalí's press conference, at the Institute of Hispanic Culture, after the Picasso and I conference. Next to him, on the left, the poet Leopoldo Panero. On the right, Rafael Santos Torroella and the political Carlos Robles Piquer. In the second row, in the center, Luís González Robles.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4892666: Rafael Santos Torroella
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- João Cabral de Melo Neto e Rafael Santos Torroella: amostras de um fecundo diálogo epistolar com espanhóis, Texto Poético, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
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- 1.Rafael Santos i Torroella enciclopedia.cat. www.enciclopedia.cat.
- 2.Fallece en Barcelona Rafael Santos Torroella, el mayor especialista del mundo en Salvador Dalí. Diario ABC. 2002-10-01.
- 3.El Cultural - Revista de cultura y artes referente en España - Elcultural.com en El Español. El Español.
- 4.Garcia-Velasco, Jose. Rafael Santos Torroella, crítico y escritor. El País. 2002-10-01. 1134-6582.
- 5.Gibson, Ian. Rafael Santos Torroella. El País. 2003-10-14. 1134-6582.
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João Cabral de Melo Neto e Rafael Santos Torroella: amostras de um fecundo diálogo epistolar com espanhóis, Texto Poético, 2025Crossref registry
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