Josep Massot

Josep Massot
Massot in 2018
Born
Josep Massot i Muntaner

(1941-11-03)3 November 1941
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Died24 April 2022(2022-04-24) (aged 80)
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
Occupation(s)Historian, Roman Catholic monk, philologist

Josep Massot i Muntaner (3 November 1941 – 24 April 2022) was a Spanish historian, Roman Catholic monk and philologist.[1]

Biography

Massot was born in Palma de Mallorca.[1] He studied Romance philology at the University of Barcelona with literary historian Martí de Riquer i Morera and Joan Petit.[2] Massot graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1963.[2]

Massot attended the Catalan University Studies of the Institute for Catalan Studies.[3] He worked as a teacher at the University of Barcelona from 1970 to 1983, and was then appointed secretary of the International Association of Catalan Language and Literature.[2] Massot was also the director of the Diccionari de Literatura Catalana from 1977 to 1979.[4]

Massot entered the Benedictines of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in 1962, and was ordained as a priest in 1972. He was the director of Publications for the Abbey of Montserrat. He was the curator of a collection of popular songs of Catalonia.[1] He won the Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas prize, and was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Valencia.[5][6]

Massot with the Medal of Honor of the Xarxa Vive d'Universitats in 2018

Massot served as a member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona from 2002. He was awarded the National Prize for Popular Culture by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1997. Massot was also honored with the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 2012.[7][8] In 2018, he was the honored with the Medal of Honor of the Xarxa Vive d'Universitats from the Xarxa Vives d'Universitats.[9] In 2019, Massot was honored with the Gold Medal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands.[10] He was also honored with the Creu de Sant Jordi.[11]

Massot with Feliu Formosa and Jaume Cabré in 2018

Massot died in April 2022, at the age of 80.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Josep Massot i Muntaner, philologist, historian and activist of Catalan culture, dies" (in Catalan). 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Roca, Antoni; Deyà, Maria. "Josep Massot i Muntaner: "The cultural infrastructure that has cost so much to build over decades of hard work is being undoed and I do not know how we will get through it."". Òmnium Cultural (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Puig i Sedano, Xavier (20 December 2021). "Father Massot: "Joan Fuster is an unrepeatable character"". El Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. ^ Balcells, Albert; Pujol, Enric (2002). History of the Institute of Catalan Studies, Edition 57. Institut d'Estudis Catalans. p. 175. ISBN 9788472836563 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Clar, Joan Veny i. (18 June 1999). "Josep Massot, Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of the Balearic Islands". Estudis Romànics (in Catalan). 23: 370–371. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. ^ "The University invests as doctors 'honoris causa' the sociologist Saskia Sassen and the philologist Josep Massot". University of Valencia (in Catalan). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Josep Massot i Muntaner, Honorary Award for Catalan Letters". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Father Massot defends the Catalan language upon receiving the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes" (in Catalan). 13 June 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Josep Massot and Manuel Lladonosa, medals of honor of the Vives Network". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ^ "The Government awards the Gold Medal to the solidarity movement with the Levante of Mallorca and Josep Massot i Muntaner". AraBalears (in Catalan). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  11. ^ DECRET 174/1996, de 30 d'abril, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya