Joan Castelló Guasch
Joan Castelló i Guasch (born March 15, 1911 in Eivissa , † March 24, 1984 in Palma de Mallorca ) was a Catalan publisher and writer .
Life
He is the founder of the first printing house in the Pityuses and the founder of La Unió Tipogràfica d'Eivissa . Joan Castelló published several tourist guides and collected and disseminated a lot of folkloric material about Ibiza and Formentera during his life . For 35 years he edited the bilingual Almanac El Pitiuso , wrote numerous works on various aspects of folk culture, and above all published a comprehensive collection of folk fables and legends (Rondaies) of Ibiza and Formentera. In 1953 Rondaies eivissenques (Ibizan Fairy Tales) appeared and in 1976 he published Rondaies de Formentera .
Publications (excerpt)
- 1953: Rondaies eivissenques
- 1976: Rondaies de Formentera
- 1988: Barruguets, fameliars i follet. Rondaies
- 1993: Bon profit! El llibre de la cuina eivissenca
- 1993: Rondaies de Formentera
- 1994: Rondaies eivissenques
- 1995: Rondaies eivissenques de quan el bon Jesús anava pel món
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asociación de Escritores en Lengua Catalana https://www.escriptors.cat/autors/castelloj/pagina.php?id_sec=4523
- ↑ Entry in Enciclopedia Catalana http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0016165.xml
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castelló Guasch, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castelló i Guasch, Joan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan publisher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eivissa |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1984 |
| Place of death | Palma de Mallorca |