He is considered one of the main renovators of modern Valencian poetry, with a similar role to that of Ausiàs March or Joan Roís de Corella in earlier periods, and one of the most important poets in Catalan language in the 20th Century.

He befriended Joan Fuster, Xavier Casp and Manuel Sanchis i Guarner[1] – all three of them well-known Valencian writers in Catalan – and met Isabel, who would later influence his writings as well.

This allowed him to devote himself entirely to writing and engaging in a variety of cultural activities, such as art exhibitions.

The main themes of his work are death and sex, and they are always dealt with from a popular, everyday, simple, direct, and even vulgar perspective.

In (1971) he published two major works: "La clau que obri tots els panys" (The Key That Opens All Locks) (which contained "Coral Romput" (Broken Coral)) and the best-seller "Llibre de les meravelles"[1] (Book of Marvels), perhaps his most famous work.

His most important prose works are "El coixinet" (The Little Cushion) (1988), his play "L'oratori del nostre temps" (The Oratory of Our Times) (1978), and his memoirs: "Tractat de les maduixes" (Strawberry Treaty) (1985), "Quadern de Bonaire" (Bonaire’s Notebook) (1985), and "La parra boja" (The Crazy Vine) (1988).

Some of his most frequently recurring topics are death, love and eroticism, hunger and political oppression, as well as daily life.

This piece, showing him sitting on a park bench, writing on top of a pile of books, has suffered four loutish attacks.

Other singers, singer-songwriters, or groups that have also set his works to music are Paco Muñoz, Celdoni Fonoll, Maria del Mar Bonet, Obrint Pas, Pau Alabajos, Remigi Palmero, Vicent Torrent, Miquel Lluis, Els pavesos, Lluis the Sifoner, and Esteve Ferre.