Delfí Abella i Gibert (; February 2, 1925 – February 1, 2007) was a Catalan

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and

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. A medical psychiatrist by profession, he was head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, professor of psychiatry at the

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, and author of works on psychiatry. In 1961, Abella became one of the earliest members of the

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group Els Setze Jutges. He released three EPs as a member of the group, recording twelve songs in total. Abella's Catalan-language adaptations of songs by French ''

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'' singers including Barbara, Anne Sylvestre, and

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were performed and recorded by some of the younger members of the Els Setze Jutges:

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, Guillermina Motta, Maria Amèlia Pedrerol, and

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. Els Setze Jutges received the Medal of Honor from the

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in April 2007. Abella's widow accepted the award in his place.

Published works

* Mossèn Cinto vist del psiquiatre Anàlisi psico-patològica dels articles "en defensa pròpia", 1958 *Tòtems actuals i altres assaigs (Contemporary totems and other essays). 1960 *El Nostre caràcter (Our atalanscharacter), 1961 *L'orientació antropològica existencial de la psiquiatria (The anthropological and existential orientation of psychiatry), 1962 *Estudio clínico y fenomenológico de la hipocondría (Clinical and phenomenological study of hypochondria), 1962 *Què cal saber d'higiene mental (What it is necessary to know about mental hygiene), 1963 *Geni i catalanitat de Ramon Llull (Genius and Catalanism of

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), 1964 *Psiquiatria fonamental (Fundamentals of psychiatry), 1981 *Trenta cançons (Thirty songs) (poetry), 1998.

Discography with Els Setze Jutges

*Canta les seves cançons, 1962 *Cançó del turista, 1963 *Barbaritats d'avui, 1965

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abella, Delfi Spanish male essayists Spanish psychiatrists 1925 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Spanish essayists