Toni Strubell i Trueta (born 25 June 1952 in
Oxford,
England) is a
Catalan linguist.
Biography
He studied modern languages at the
University of Oxford and in 1978 moved to Olot, where he collaborated with Ràdio Olot in its program ''News from the Catalan Countries'' (''Notícies dels Països Catalans''), which had a big following both in the
Garrotxa as well as in
Osona. In 1981, he moved to the
Basque Country
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and gave classes in English at the
University of Deusto until 2001.
He has given and organized classes at the
Catalan Summer University and on translation at the
Official School of Languages in
Barcelona. He has collaborated with the following newspapers: ''
El Punt,
Avui
''Avui'' (, meaning "Today" in English) was a Catalan daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, in Catalonia. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was Catalan nationalist.
History and profile
''Avui' ...
,
S'Arenal,
El Temps
''El Temps'' (; 'The Times') is a weekly newsmagazine, published in Valencia by ''Edicions del País Valencià'' since 1984. It is distributed throughout the whole Països Catalans. It is edited by Eliseu Climent. The publication has offices ...
,
Presència,
La Vanguardia,
El Periódico de Catalunya,
Egin'', and with the
BBC. He participated in
Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya
The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia ( ca, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence ( ca, Convergència; ) was a Catalan nationalism, Catalan nationalist, liberalism, liberal List of political parties ...
's Winter School in 1997, and in the Congressional debates of the
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in
Manresa
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. He has translated numerous books.
He is the coordinator of the
Dignity Commission, an initiative to recover the Catalan documents plundered by
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...
and deposited in the
General Civil War Archive in Salamanca. He is the coordinator of the
Lluís Companys Batzordea Association
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which organized the Catalan-Basque meetings in Donostia in January and May 2003. In 2002, he received the prestigious
Saint George's Cross.
He is a member of the
Catalan Solidarity for Independence political coalition and, during the primaries of 4 September, was chosen as the candidate for Girona in the
elections for the Catalan Parliament,
[''VilaWeb'', 4 September 2010,]
Laporta, Strubell, López-Bofill i Segura, candidats de Solidaritat
, 19 October 2010 to be held on 28 November 2010.
Personal life
He is son of Michael B. Strubell and Amèlia Trueta (daughter of
Josep Trueta i Raspall) and brother of
Miquel Strubell i Trueta.
Books
* ''
Sunyol, l'altre president afusellat'' (''Josep Sunyol, the other martyred president'') (1996) with
Carles Llorens and
Josep Maria Solé i Sabaté
* ''El cansament del
catalanisme'' (1997)
* ''
Josep Roca i Ferreras and the origin of the Catalanist Left'' (2000) with
Fèlix Cucurull i Tey
* ''Un català entre bascos'' (''A Catalan among Basques'') (2005)
* ''El moment de dir prou'' (''When to Say Enough'') (2008)
* ''Josep-Narcís Roca i Ferreras, 1834-1891'' (2008)
* ''What Catalans Want'' (2011)
References
External links
Toni Strubell
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1952 births
Linguists from Catalonia
Politicians from Catalonia
Living people