Carles Riba
Catalan writer and poet (1893–1959)
Carles Riba was born on September 23, 1893 in Barcelona and died on July 12, 1959 in Barcelona, aged 65. Recorded occupations: poet, writer, Esperantist, translator, philologist and children's writer. Country of citizenship: Spain. Positions held include president of PEN català, President of the Philological Section of the Institute for Catalan Studies, president of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. Educated at University of Barcelona. Honours include Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and Essays and Premi Concepció Rabell. Member of Philological Section of the Institute for Catalan Studies and Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona.
- Born
- September 23, 1893 · Barcelona
- Died
- July 12, 1959 · Barcelona
- Age at death
- 65
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Occupations
- poet, writer, Esperantist, translator, philologist, children's writer
- Positions held
- president of PEN català, President of the Philological Section of the Institute for Catalan Studies, president of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona
- Education
- University of Barcelona
- Honours
- Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and Essays, Premi Concepció Rabell
- Wikipedia editions
- 12 languages
- Signature licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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