Lorenç Mallol Biography | Poet

Lorenç Mallol (Catalan pronunciation:  [u'nz m'], older spelling Lorenz ) (fl. 1350) was a Catalan poet of the fourteenth century, the first Petrarchan of his country and one of the last troubadours. His two surviving pieces are composed in Old Occitan. His first name is also spelled Laurenç (pronounced  [law'ns] ) in modern Occitan and Llorenç (pronounced:  [u'ns] ) in modern Catalan .