Oscar Tusquets Blanca, (born 14 June 1941 in Barcelona) is a Spanish architect.
Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His old sister(1936.08.30-2012.07.23) is the novelist Esther Tusquets.
He studied at the German School of Barcelona, at the Escola de la Llotja, and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he graduated in 1965. He worked in the studio of Federico Correa and Alfons Milà i Sagnier, and in 1964 he established Studio PER, with Josep Bonet i Bertran, Cristian Cirici i Alomar and Lluís Clotet i Ballús, with whom he collaborated until 1984. His concept of design is a creative task inserted within the corresponding cultural framework.
Together with Beatriz de Moura, in 1968 he established Tusquets Editores.
Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença. It was inaugurated on 9 February 1908.
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Catalan architect who was very much involved in and influential for the Catalan Modernisme català, the Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.
Olga Xirinacs Díaz is a Spanish writer and piano teacher. During her literary career, she has written poetry, drama, tales and essays. She was born in Tarragona, where she still lives and works.
Maria Remei Canals i Cendrós was a Spanish pianist from Barcelona.
Carme Riera Guilera is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television and literary criticism. She holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and is a professor of Spanish literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Castellet i la Gornal is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Foix river at the point where it crosses the Coastal Range. The river is dammed to form the Foix reservoir. The ajuntament is in La Gornal. The municipality is served by the N-340 road, and by a local road to Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Carles Santos was a Spanish artist who began his career as a pianist and later worked in many other creative disciplines, including musical composition, filmmaking, screenwriting, acting, scenic musical shows, graphics, montage, sculpture, photography, poetry, and prose.
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, also known as "Papitu", was one of the most renowned Catalan playwrights, considered one of the main renewers of Catalan theater.
Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola was a Spanish architect and urban planner, known for his work in the modernization of Barcelona.
Jordi Soler i Galí, known by the stage name Toti Soler, is a Spanish guitarist, singer and composer, member of cult groups Pic-Nic in the 1960s and Om in the 1970s. He had a classical training with influences of blues, jazz and flamenco. His compositions are noted for their poetic, sensitive qualities and often use extracts from poetry.
Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí was a Catalan writer and librarian. Born in Barcelona, Díaz-Plaja also worked as a critic, journalist, lecturer, and translator during her career. She was the sister of the writers Ferran Díaz-Plaja i Contestí and Guillem Díaz-Plaja i Contestí. Her published work included topics such as library management, as well as stories for small children, in both Catalan and Spanish.
Joan Triadu i Font was a Catalan literary critic, academic and writer. A cultural and resistant anti-Francoist activist, he was involved in many important Catalan cultural projects in the twentieth century, including the magazines Serra d'Or and Ariel, the newspaper Avui and the association Òmnium Cultural. He was a pioneer in the teaching of Catalan language courses after the Spanish Civil War. As an educationalist, he was the general director of the Cultural Institute of the Centre of Catholic Influence, an institution that created the Thau Barcelona School in 1963 and the Thau Sant Cugat School in 1996. Joan Triadú Year, which marked the centenary of his birth, was celebrated in 2021.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Barcelona:
Empar Pineda i Erdozia is a Spanish feminist activist, winner of the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2008.
José Antonio González i Casanova was a Spanish lawyer, politician, constitutional law academic, and writer, known for being one of the drafters of the Constitution of Spain in 1978.
Joan Soler i Amigó was a Spanish writer and teacher.
Núria Feliu i Mestres was a Spanish Catalan singer and actress, a singular figure of the Nova Cançó movement.
Josep Espar i Ticó was a Catalan businessman, politician and cultural activist.
Marta Pessarrodona y Artigues is a Catalan poet, storyteller and literary critic. She has also written essays and biographies. She is the author of books such as Primers dies de 1968 (1968), Setembre 30 (1969), Vida privada (1972), Memòria (1979), A favor meu, nostre (1981), Tria de poemes (1994), and L'amor a Barcelona (1998). In 1997, she received the Creu de Sant Jordi.