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Jordi Peñarroja
Jordi-Vicenç Peñarroja Villanueva (born January 17, 1944), whose pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ... is "Jordi Peñarroja" is a writer from Barceleona. He is a member of the Catalan History Circle and the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language. He collaborates with Memorial 1714. Work *Design and editing of five exhibitions for the Memorial 1714, between 1997 and 2008. * Awarded the "“Premi de la Crítica Serra d'Or 1981”" as illustrator of Canela's work. La fantasia inacabable d'Antoni Gaudí. *The Eleventh of September 1976 was one of the cameras in the documentary film "Una altra albada", about the concentration in Sant Boi de Llobregat.. * Author of the article "Photography" in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (1974) * Has published n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use them because they wish to remain anonymous and maintain privacy, though this may be difficult to achieve as a result of legal issues. Scope Pseudonyms include stage names, user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamertags, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts: to provide a more clear-cut separation between one's privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associació D'Escriptors En Llengua Catalana
The Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (, "Association of Writers in the Catalan Language", or "Association of Catalan-Language Writers"), also known by the acronym and initialism, acronym AELC, is a professional organisation of authors, poets, scriptwriters, translators and other writers in the Catalan language. It is headquartered in Barcelona. History The organisation was formerly instituted on 31 October 1977, following a 1975 resolution at a congress of Catalan culture to form a professional association of Catalan writers, with the participation of more than 100 writers from all of the Catalan-speaking territories, that is to say, Catalonia, the Valencian area, the Balearic Islands, and as well with the written participation of another 100 writers who could not personally attend the ceremony. From 1977 to 1988, the AELC developed the representative functions of the literary vitality of the Catalan countries with the desire to articulate a program that would be an instr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial 1714
The Memorial 1714 is a civic and nonprofit association established on June 26, 1985 with the immediate purpose of dignifying and rehabilitating the Fossar de les Moreres, and of recovering and publicizing its history and its origins, without breaking continuity with the group of people who gathered in 1977 to restore the plate with the verse of Frederic Soler "Pitarra" in the Fossar's Place. This group formed in 1978 the original "Commission Pro Fossar de les Moreres-Memorial 1714". Nowadays the association dedicates its efforts to preserving and disseminating the history of Catalonia The recorded history of the lands of what today is known as Catalonia begins with the development of the Iberians, Iberian peoples while several Greek colonies were established on the coast before the Roman conquest. It was the first area of His ..., although its main focus is on the events surrounding the siege of Barcelona in 1714, a critical moment in its history. In short, with its voluntary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
The (English: the ''Great Catalan Encyclopedia'') is a Catalan language, Catalan-language encyclopedia, started in fascicles, and published in 1968 by . The soul of the work was written by Max Cahner, and the first director was Jordi Carbonell. From the second volume the work had its own publisher: Enciclopedia Catalana SA with Jordi Pujol, and the new director was . Overview The encyclopedia collects alphabetical entries about different subjects: history, geography, cultural studies, etc. It includes worldwide views as well as, when appropriate, Catalan viewpoints and information (meaning that the work is very thorough and often written with first hand information). It also contains a dictionary of common vocabulary, which was reviewed in the first edition of the work by . GEC had a fixed team that wrote the content, and furthermore a broad set of partners, among which were the most prominent experts in each subject, which was involved in the preparation of the GEC with a grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
