Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas

1903 - 1991

Country of citizenship: Spain

Languages spoken, written or signed: Catalan, Spanish

Occupation: linguist, writer, philologist, university teacher, romanist

Award received: Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes, Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands Community, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, honorary doctorate of Barcelona University, honorary doctorate of the University of Basel, honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands

Position held: founder

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Francesc de Borja Moll Casanovas (10 October 1903 – 18 February 1991) was a Catalan linguist, philologist and editor from Menorca. He wrote many books on the Catalan language and its varieties spoken on the Balearic Islands. He was also the main collaborator with Father Antoni Maria Alcover in his Diccionari català-valencià-balear (Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dictionary). Source: Wikipedia (en)