Jaume Pont: key obituary facts
Is Jaume Pont dead? Yes. Jaume Pont died on October 22, 2026, at age 79.
Cause of death: Jaume Pont's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Jaume Pont known for?
He was a Spanish poet and writer.
More about Jaume Pont
Born: 24 March 1947.
Place of birth: Lleida.
Place of death: Lleida.
Gender: male.
Occupation: poet, writer, literary scholar.
Nationality: Spain.
Awards: Vicent Andrés Estellés Award, Serra d'Or Critics' Prizes, Premi de la Crítica de poesia catalana, Mallarmé Prize.
Also known as: Jaume Pont.
Occupations: Poet, literary critic, academic.
Jaume Pont, the Spanish poet, literary critic and academic, died in Lleida on October 22, 2026, aged 79.
Born in the city on March 24, 1947, Pont studied philosophy and letters and built a career spanning poetry, literary scholarship and university teaching. For more than four decades he taught Spanish literature at the University of Lleida, where he was a professor of modern and contemporary Spanish literature.
His teaching also took him to universities in Barcelona, Poitiers, Naples, Mar del Plata and the Opal Coast. Pont published poetry and literary studies, as well as editions of other writers’ work. His collection Enlloc received the 2006 Carles Riba Poetry Prize, and a French translation of Mirall de negra nit won the 2023 Prix Mallarmé étranger. His other honors included the Vicent Andrés Estellés Award, the Serra d’Or Critics’ Prizes and the Catalan Poetry Critics’ Prize. From 1979 to 1983, he founded and directed the literary magazine Quaderns de Ponent. His criticism appeared in specialist journals and publications including Destino and Avui. His research focused on postismo, the work of Carlos Edmundo de Ory and 19th-century fantastic narrative.