Joan Solà I Cortassa
Joan Solà Cortassa ( Bell-lloc d'Urgell, 10 January 1940 — Barcelona, 27 October 2010) was a Spanish linguist and philologist. He was professor of Catalan language and literature at the University of Barcelona from 1984 onwards, and vice president of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) from 2009. Biography He graduated in Classical Philology in 1965 at University of Barcelona and he got his PhD in Catalan Philology in 1970 at that same university. In 1977 he graduated with a master's degree in Linguistics at the University of Reading in England. He was a professor at various institutions of higher learning (such as the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) starting in 1965, and from 1984 onwards he was chair of Catalan language and literature at the Universitat de Barcelona. He was also a member of the Internacional Association of Catalan Language and Literature. He co-directed, with Jordi Mir, the creation of the ''Obres completes de Pompeu Fabra,'' as well as directing t ...
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Cross Of Saint George (Catalan Government Award)
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