by Àngel Guimerà · JiaHu Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781784350475
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Terra baixa is a Catalan-language play written by Angel Guimera in 1896. The drama is considered his most popular work, having become an international sensation after its premiere. In addition to being a popular stage play, Terra baixa was made into six films, including a silent film in the United States. Furthermore, it served as the source material for two operas: Eugen d'Albert's German opera Tiefland and Fernand Le Borne's La Catalane. Angel Guimera was even nominated a record 21 times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won, due to controversy about the political significance of the gesture
Àngel Guimerà i Jorge, usually known simply as Àngel Guimerà, was a Catalan Spanish playwright and poet. His work is known for bringing together under romantic aspects the main elements of realism. He is considered one of the principal representatives of the Renaixença movement, at the end of the nineteenth century.
