Narcís Oller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Narcís Oller

Catalan writer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1846

Place of Birth: Sot de Ferrer, Valencian Community, Spain

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1930

Profession: writer, politician, translator, author, novelist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Narcís Oller i Moragas (Catalan pronunciation: [n??'siz u'?e]; 10 August 1846, in Valls – 26 July 1930, in Barcelona) was a Catalan writer, most noted for the novels La papallona (The Butterfly) which appeared with a foreword by Émile Zola in the French translation; his most well-known work L'Escanyapobres (The Usurer); and La febre d'or (Gold Fever) which is set in Barcelona during the period of promoterism. He also translated the works of Tolstoy and Dumas.