Josep Benet

Josep Benet i Morell (Cervera, April 14, 1920 - Sant Cugat del Vallès, March 24, 2008) was a Catalan politician, historian and publisher. Educated at the Escolania de Montserrat, from a very young age he participated in the Catalan nationalist movement and belonged to the Federation of Young Christians of Catalonia. One of the most prominent figures of political Catalanism in the XXth Century. As a parliamentarian, he was a member of the Committee of Twenty that drew up the preliminary draft of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979.

Books

1964: Maragall i la Setmana Tràgica 1968: El Doctor Torras i Bages en el marc del seu temps 1973: Catalunya sota el règim franquista 1990: Exili i mort del president Companys 1992: El president Tarradellas en els seus textos (1954-1988) 1995: L'intent franquista de genocidi cultural de Catalunya 1998: La mort del president Companys 1999: Carles Rahola, afusellat 2003: Escrits en defensa pròpia 2003: Domènec Latorre, afusellat per catalanista 2008: De l'esperança a la desfeta (1920-1939) 2008: El meu jurament de 1939 2008: Joan Peiró, afusellat 2009: Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera, afusellat