Josep Maria Sala-Valldaura is a Catalan poet, essayist and professor, born Gironella. Currently he is Doctor of Spanish Literature at University of Lleida. As a poeta, Sala-Valldaura has published several poetry books particularly orientated to Classicism and Modernity. He is considerated to be one of the main authors of his generation to have changed the poetry language. As a essayist, he has also contributed to the poetry renovation during the seventies and the eighties and he is an important expert on Joan Vinyoli’s work. And as a literary critic, he has written for several periodical publications. His work has been acknowledged with awards such as Serra d’Or, el Joanot Martorell or Cavall Verd.