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Ramon Amigó i Anglès

1925 – 2011

Spanish writer

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Lived 1925 – 2011 (aged 86). Ramon Amigó i Anglès was a Spanish writer and catalan teacher.

Ramon Amigó Anglès (1925–2011) (Spanish) was a writer, a teacher of Catalan and an onomast.

Biography Ramon Amigó Anglès was born in Reus, Baix Camp, to Ramon Amigó Pujol, from Falset, and Rosa Anglès Solé, from Reus. They had another son, who died before Ramon was born, and a daughter called Rosa. His education began at Cros de Reus school and in 1936 he went on to the Grup Escolar Francesc Macià. In 1937 he started secondary education but did not finish his first year there as the Spanish Civil War caused him to move to Selva, where he lived until the start of 1939. Nevertheless, through informal education he managed to learn Catalan, French, English and basic Latin. In the 1940s he was greatly influenced in the field of Catalan language teaching by Teresa Miquel i Pàmies, a disciple of Pompeu Fabra. During the same period he developed his knowledge of literature and politics thanks to the teachings of Joaquim Santasusagna, an acclaimed geographer, writer and activist. Due to his father's imprisonment following the end of the war, Ramon had to give up his studies to work in a company exporting nuts and dried fruit, and given his command of French, English and German, he was tasked with handling the business's international correspondence. In his friendships with Joaquim Santasusagna and Josep Iglésies, a geographer, historian and writer, he developed an interest in studies of the local territory. These pursuits led to his involvement in the Associació Excursionista de Reus, a hiking association founded in the autumn of 1947, of which he was president. He was responsible for changing the language of its newsletter to Catalan as of the 1960s and he contributed to historical and linguistic studies of municipalities in Camp de Tarragona. His work enabled the republication of the hiking guide Les muntanyes de Prades, el Montsant i Serra la Llena (1960). In the latter part of the 1940s he took part in the clandestine cultural gatherings known as the maquis de la poesia, in which Joaquim Santasusagna was also involved. In 1949, together with Xavier Amorós and Josep Maria Arnavat (the three were known as the Triple A), he collaborated in the Amics de la Poesia (Friends of Poetry) group, under the umbrella of the literary section of the Centre de Lectura de Reus, which had by then been reopened.

In 1961 he began working with teachers Teresa Miquel and Robert Miralles to organize Catalan language classes. Supported by the Òmnium Cultural advisory board for education, it was a project aimed at forming a critical mass of teachers ready to help people make more use of a language that had suffered oppression under Franco's dictatorship. Their work led to the organization of an education section of the Fòrum Joventut youth association, supported by the church in Reus. They also launched elementary level correspondence courses for towns and villages across Camp de Tarragona, in which several dozen students took part. Amigó became involved in two noteworthy civic organizations: the aforementioned Centre de Lectura and the Associació d'Estudis Reusencs. Reus named a square after him, opposite the Mas Iglésies building, which houses centres for visual arts and photography.

Publications

Els topònims de la ciutat i el terme de Reus. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, 1957. Awarded the Premi Eduard Brossa prize in 1955 by the Catalan Geographic Society. Les muntanyes de Prades, el Montsant i Serra la Llena. With Josep Iglésies i Fort and Joaquim Santasusagna. Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 1960 Els topònims del terme municipal i del poble de La Mussara. Tarragona: La Diputació, 1963. Awarded the Premi Eduard Brossa prize in 1961 by the Catalan Geographic Society. Els topònims del terme municipal i del poble de Constantí. Tarragona: La Diputació, 1968 Toponímia dels termes municipals i nuclis de població de Castellvell del Camp i d'Almoster. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, 1968 Toponímia de Vila-seca de Solcina i del seu terme municipal. Vila-seca: Salou: Agrupació Cultural de Vila-seca – Salou, 1978 Toponímia de terme municipal de Vilallonga de Ter. Barcelona: Fundació Salvador Vives Casajuana, 1979 Noms de lloc i de persona del terme de Prades. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs; Prades: l'Ajuntament, 1985 Materials per a l'estudi dels noms de lloc i de persona i renoms del terme de Reus. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, 1988. Sobre inventaris de noms de lloc: introducció metodològica. Reus: Centre de Lectura, 1989 Noms actuals i pretèrits del terme antic de Cornudella de Montsant. Amb Joan Bpta. Espasa Ballester. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, 1990 Evarist Fàbregas i el seu temps. Amb Jordi Tous i Enric Ucelay Da Cal. Reus: Centre de Lectura, 1990 L'ensenyança de la llengua catalana, des de Reus, sota el franquisme: homenatge a Teresa Miquel i Pàmies. Reus: Centre de Lectura, 1994 Siurana de Prades: enllà de la llegenda i la història. Barcelona: Fundació Roger de Belfort: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 1995 Amb penyals d'un blau cansat. Reus: Centre de Lectura, 1998 Siurana de Prades: la terra i la gent. Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 1998 Introducció a la recerca en toponímia i antroponímia. Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 1999. Les Places del Mercat a la ciutat de Reus : Un assaig historicista. Reus: Centre de Lectura, 1999 Llenguatge endins: un recorregut històric pels noms de lloc . Reus: Centre de Lectura, 2000. L'Albi i els seus noms. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2001. El tràfic amb el fred, al Camp de Tarragona: segles XVI – XIX. Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 2002 Les Etimologies, el territori de Tarragona, l'aigua, a Reus: un tríptic reusenc. Reus: Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, 2004 Homenatges, debats i records de muntanya. Reus: Centre de Lectura: Centre d'Amics de Reus, 2005 Espigoladures onomàstiques. Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 2005 La Mussara un vell afecte: notícies històriques disperses. Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 2006 Onomàstica del terme municipal de Constantí. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2008 Onomàstica del terme municipal de Pratdip. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2010. Onomàstica del terme municipal de Porrera. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2011 Onomàstica i llenguatge: de cap a cap del país. Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau, 2011

Awards

1955: Premi Eduard Brossa, from the Catalan Geographic Society. 1961: Premi Eduard Brossa, from the Catalan Geographic Society. 1997: Creu de Sant Jordi. Gold Medal of Reus.

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Autodidact
Positions held
Chairperson, Deputy chairperson
Awards
Saint George's Cross; Civic Service Award
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Who was Ramon Amigó i Anglès?

Spanish writer (1925-2011)

When was Ramon Amigó i Anglès born?

Ramon Amigó i Anglès was born on 16 January 1925 in Reus.

When did Ramon Amigó i Anglès die?

Ramon Amigó i Anglès died on 16 September 2011 in Reus.

What was Ramon Amigó i Anglès's occupation?

Ramon Amigó i Anglès was a writer and catalan teacher.

What nationality was Ramon Amigó i Anglès?

Ramon Amigó i Anglès was Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ramon Amigó i Anglès

· Wikidata: Q16166002

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