In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Doménech; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
He became a member of the Real Academia de las Buenas Letras de Barcelona and the Commission for the publication of Ramon Llull's works. He joined as a member of the consultant board of the Els Nostres Clàssics collection and the editorial staff of the magazine Estudis de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes.[citation needed]
He had been an honorary consultant of the International Association of Catalan Language and Literature (he was president from 1976 to 1982) and member of the Institute of Catalan Studies. He received the Sanchis Guarner prize, that was given by the Jaume I Foundation (1987), the Honorary Prize of the Valencian Letters (1988), the Prat de la Riba prize (given by the) IEC (1979), the Serra d'Or prize (1981), the Creu de Sant Jordi (1985) and the Literature Prize of the Generalitat de Catalunya (1987). In 1999, he received also the Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio.[citation needed]
Colón died in his home in Barcelona on 22 March 2020, at the age of 91. The cause of death was reported as COVID-19, and had been suffering from respiratory problems for several years before.[4][5][6]
Selected works
El léxico catalán en la Romania (1976).
La llengua catalana en els seus textos (1978).
El panorama de la lexicografia catalana (1986).
Problemes de la llengua a València i als seus voltants (1987).
El español y el catalán, juntos y en contraste (1989).
Estudis de filologia catalana i romànica (1997).
Para la historia del léxico español (2002).
De Ramon Llull al Diccionari de Fabra. Acostament lingüístic als monuments de les lletres catalanes (2003).
References
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"Detall - UAB Barcelona", www.UAB.cat, 2010, web:
UAB-109.
^The linguistic atlas of England, Harold Orton, 1998, p. PR5, webpage: BooksG-1FE.