Bernat Metge (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾˈnad ˈmedʒə]; (c. 1350 – 1410) was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of , which he wrote from prison (c. 1398), in which Metge discusses the immortality of the soul. He was a courtier and Secretary for Joan I of Aragon, queen Na Violante, and following some troubles, once more served Martin the Humane of Aragon from 1403 to 1410. His influences included the literature of Provence, Petrarch, and De vetula, wrongly attributed to Ovid and now sometimes claimed for Richard de Fournival.