Josep Benet
1920
-
2008
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Spain
educated at: University of Barcelona
occupation: historian, businessperson, politician, lawyer, editor
award received: Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes, Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Prize of Honor Lluís Carulla, Gold Letter, honorary doctor of the Rovira i Virgili University, Canigó Award
position held: member of the Senate of Spain, Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Josep Benet i Morell (Cervera, April 14, 1920 - Sant Cugat del Vallès, March 24, 2008) was a Catalan politician, historian and publisher. Educated at the Escolania de Montserrat, from a very young age he participated in the Catalan nationalist movement and belonged to the Federation of Young Christians of Catalonia. One of the most prominent figures of political Catalanism in the XXth Century. As a parliamentarian, he was a member of the Committee of Twenty that drew up the preliminary draft of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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