How did Salvador Espriu and Pere Quart address social issues in their poetry?

During the repressive postwar years in Catalonia, when the government of General Francisco Franco adopted a hostile policy toward Catalan culture, many writers chose to ignore the prevailing political realities. In contrast, Salvador Espriu and Pere Quart (the pseudonym of Joan Oliver) emerged as the most influential poets of the period by addressing these conditions directly.

They utilized a decidedly Realistic mode in their poetry to engage with contemporary social issues. By grounding their work in the lived experiences of the time, they provided a literary response to the challenges faced by Catalan society under the dictatorship.1