Rosa Oriol | |
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Born | Rosa Maria Oriol Porta 1946 |
Rosa Maria Oriol Porta or Rosa Oriol de Tous (born 1946) [1] is a Spanish jeweller, business executive and the creative director of Tous Designer House. She and her husband, Salvador Tous, led the business to grow into an international jewellery and fashion accessories company. She married him in 1965 and at that time Tous was a more local jewelry store founder by his father. Her ideas include reportedly coming up with the "Tous teddy bear" during a trip. [2] [3] She received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award in 2014. [4] She has also received the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and was named a "Fun Fearless Female" by Cosmopolitan magazine. [5]
Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer is a Spanish singer from the island of Majorca.
Rosa María Sardà i Támaro was a Spanish actress. Her career in theater ranks her as one of the leading actresses of the Spanish scene.
Oriol Martorell i Codina was a musical director, pedagogue and professor of history. He was the son of Artur Martorell i Bisbal, also a renowned pedagogue. While studying music he gained a doctorate in History.
The Creu de Sant Jordi is one of the highest civil distinctions awarded in Catalonia (Spain), surpassed only in protocol by the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It was established by the Generalitat de Catalunya autonomous government by virtue of the Decret 457/1981 de 18 de desembre in 1981. The medal was designed by goldsmith Joaquim Capdevila.
Rosa Leveroni i Valls (1910–1985) was a Catalan poet and narrator. Born in Barcelona, she was influenced by the poet Carles Riba. Her work is published in Poesia (1981) and Contes (1981). She also wrote essays and literary criticism. She spent time revitalising Catalan language and culture in the post World War II years. She was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1982. She was one of the first members of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. She died in Cadaqués in 1985.
Núria Albó i Corrons is a Spanish writer, teacher, and politician. She is a Creu de Sant Jordi and Premi Vila de'Arenys laureate.
Antònia Vicens i Picornell is a Majorcan writer in the Catalan language. She is a recipient of the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la prize and the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.
Pilar Aymerich i Puig is a Catalan photographer and photojournalist. In 2005, she received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award.
Rosa Maria Carrasco i Azemar was a Spanish politician from Catalonia, one of the founders of the Democrats of Catalonia party.
Empar Pineda i Erdozia is a Spanish feminist activist, winner of the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2008.
Ada Parellada i Garrell is a Spanish cook who inspired the "Semproniana" restaurant in Barcelona. She owns three restaurants, publishes books and she has been given the Creu de Sant Jordi for her restoration work.
Maria Rosa Ribas Monné is a Catalan composer and pianist. She teaches at the Catalonia College of Music and at the Music School Victòria dels Àngels of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Catalonia. She studied music at the Conservatory of Barcelona, where she obtained the titles of piano, guitar, solfeo and composition. She was awarded an Honourable Mention for Fugue and the honour prizes of Piano, Chamber Music, Harmony and Composition.
Maria Pilar Busquets i Medan was a Spanish Aranese politician and writer, 1st Síndic d'Aran between 1991 and 1993.
Rosa Maria Malet i Ybern is an art historian who directed the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona from 1980 until she retired in 2017.
María Dolores Juliano Corregido was an Argentine cultural and social anthropologist based in Spain.
The Cultural Institution of the Center of Catholic Influence (ICCIC) is an educational institution at the service of Catalan society.
Sergi Schaaff i Casals was a Spanish television producer and director for Televisión Española (TVE). He worked for the corporation for 60 years, on programmes including the game show Saber y ganar, which he created in 1997.
Jordi Porta i Ribalta was a Spanish cultural administrator and writer.