Josep Massot i Muntaner (3 November 1941 – 24 April 2022) was a Spanish historian, Roman Catholic monk and philologist.

Biography

Massot was born in

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. He studied

Romance philology Romance studies or Romance philology ( an, filolochía romanica; ca, filologia romànica; french: romanistique; eo, latinida filologio; it, filologia romanza; pt, filologia românica; ro, romanistică; es, filología románica) is an acade ...

at the University of Barcelona with literary historian Martí de Riquer i Morera and Joan Petit. Massot graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1963. Massot attended the Catalan University Studies of the Institute for Catalan Studies. He worked as a teacher at the University of Barcelona from 1970 to 1983, and was then appointed secretary of the International Association of Catalan Language and Literature. Massot was also the director of the Diccionari de Literatura Catalana from 1977 to 1979. Massot entered the

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of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in 1962, and was ordained as a priest in 1972. He was the director of Publications for the Abbey of Montserrat. He was the curator of a collection of popular songs of Catalonia. He won the Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas prize, and was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Valencia. Massot served as a member of the

Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona The Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona (in Spanish ''Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona'', Royal Academy of the Good Writings of Barcelona) is a Catalan literary society, based in Barcelona. It was founded in 1729 and it has i ...

from 2002. He was awarded the National Prize for Popular Culture by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1997. Massot was also honored with the

Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes The Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (Catalan Literary Lifetime Achievement Award) is an award instituted by Omnium Cultural since 1969 to recognize a person by their scientific or literary work, written in Catalan language, the importance of ...

in 2012. In 2018, he was the honored with the Medal of Honor of the Xarxa Vive d'Universitats from the Xarxa Vives d'Universitats. In 2019, Massot was honored with the Gold Medal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. He was also honored with the Creu de Sant Jordi.DECRET 174/1996, de 30 d'abril, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya Massot died in April 2022, at the age of 80.

References

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