Narcís Oller [SEP] place of death
Narcís Oller
Narcís Oller i Moragas (; 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
known figures of the time who set foot in the rooms of the Cau includes Joan Maragall, Emilia Pardo Bazán, the Belgian musicians Eugène Ysaye and Ernest Chausson, Àngel Guimerà, Benito Pérez Galdós, Víctor Balaguer, Ángel Ganivet, Enrique Granados, Narcís Oller, and Manuel de Falla.
On his death, Rusiñol left the building of the Cau Ferrat and all the collections it contained to the town of Sitges, with the condition that it be made a public museum, which was inaugurated on 16 April 1933. Rusiñol