Josep Maria de Casacuberta

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Josep Maria de Casacuberta (born October 4, 1897 in Barcelona , † 1985 ibid.) Was a Spanish Romance scholar , Catalan scholar and publisher.

life and work

Casacuberta studied law and philology in Barcelona. In 1924 he founded the scientific publishing house "Editorial Barcino", who made his name with editions of the classics, and that of Joan Coromines continuing Onomasticon Cataloniae (8 vols., Barcelona 1989-1997).

Casacuberta was a member of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona .

At the end of 2005, the Museu d'Història de Catalunya organized an exhibition “Classics i més. L'editorial Barcino i Josep Maria de Casacuberta ”.

Works

  • (Ed.) Bernat Metge , Lo somni , Barcelona 1924
  • Excursions i sojorns de Jacint Verdaguer a les contrades pirinenques , Barcelona 1953
  • Lo verdader català. Primer òrgan periodístic de la Renaixença (1843), Barcelona 1956
  • (Ed. With Joan Torrent i Fàbregas) Epistolari de Jacint Verdaguer , 11 vols., Barcelona 1959–1993
  • Estudis sobre Verdaguer , ed. by Ricard Torrents, Barcelona 1986

literature

  • Homenatge a Josep M. de Casacuberta , 2 vols., Montserrat 1980–1981 (therein: Albert Manent, Josep Maria de Casacuberta i l'editorial Barcino)
  • Epistolari Joan Coromines & Josep Maria de Casacuberta , ed. by Josep Ferrer and Joan Pujades, Barcelona 2005
  • Homenatge a Josep Maria de Casacuberta i Roger (1897–1985) (Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 25 de gener de 2011), in: Estudis Romànics 34, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Casacuberta, Josep Maria de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casacuberta, Josep M. de; Casacuberta i Roger, Josep Maria de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Romanist, Catalanist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 1985
Place of death Barcelona