58 Notable alumni of
Pompeu Fabra University
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Pompeu Fabra University is 684th in the world, 248th in Europe, and 16th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 58 notable alumni from Pompeu Fabra University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alexia Putellas
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alèxia Putellas i Segura, often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Barcelona, which she captains, and the Spain women's national team. She previously played for Espanyol and Levante, and has represented Catalonia. Having won all major club and most of the individual awards available to a European player by 2022, she is widely regarded as one of the greatest female footballers of all time.
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Gabriel Rufián
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with diplomatura in human resource management and labor relations
- Occupations
- social graduatedpolitician
- Biography
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Gabriel Rufián Romero is a Spanish politician. In the Spanish general election of 2015 he led the Republican Left of Catalonia, a pro-independence electoral party. He is also a member of the secretariat of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana and a member of Súmate, two other pro-independence groups.
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Quim Gutiérrez
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Studied humanities
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Joaquim "Quim" Gutiérrez Ylla is a Spanish actor. He won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance in Dark Blue Almost Black (2006).
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Antoni Comín
- Occupations
- teacherphilosopherintellectualpolitician
- Biography
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Antoni "Toni" Comín i Oliveres is a Catalan intellectual and politician from Spain. He is currently the executive vice-president of the Council for the Republic and has been an MEP since July 2019. He is the fourth child of the politician and intellectual Alfonso Carlos Comín i Ros and Maria Lluïsa Oliveres i Sanvicens, whose other children are Maria, Pere and Betona. He is the partner of the stage designer Sergi Corbera, and they have a daughter called Laia.
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Sandra Sabatés
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Sandra Sabatés is a Spanish journalist and TV presenter.
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Pere Aragonès
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- 2000-2006 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- juristbusinesspersonuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
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Meritxell Batet
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- juristlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist, politician, and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this, she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
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Miki Esparbé
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Miquel Esparbé Gener, better known as Miki Esparbé, is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in Off Course, Barcelona, nit d'estiu, and Cuerpo de élite.
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Marta Rovira i Vergés
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerlaw professorpolitician
- Biography
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Marta Rovira i Vergés is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She was the General Secretary of Republican Left of Catalonia between 2011 and 2024.
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Elsa Artadi i Vila
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with licentiate in economics
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Elsa Artadi i Vila is a Spanish economist, academic and politician from Catalonia. Artadi is a member of the Parliament of Catalonia and was previously Minister of the Presidency and Government Spokesperson of Catalonia.
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Roger Torrent i Ramió
- Occupations
- urban plannerpolitical scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Roger Torrent i Ramió is a Spanish politician and urban planner from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sarrià de Ter in north-eastern Spain, Torrent was President of the Parliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is the Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia.
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Óliver Laxe
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Óliver Laxe Coro is a French-born Galician film director, screenwriter and actor. Better known for his films You All Are Captains (2010), Mimosas (2016), Fire Will Come (2019) and Sirāt (2025). The latter has been nominated for Best International Film and Best Sound at the 98th Academy Awards and earned Laxe the Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
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Aina Clotet
- Occupations
- theatrical directorfilm directorsingerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Aina Clotet Fresquet is a Spanish actress and director known mainly for her participation in numerous series of the Catalan channel TV3 among which Estació d'enllaç and Infidels stand out. In 2015 she made her directorial debut with her first short film Tiger, which was nominated for a Gaudí award.
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Pablo Derqui
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Pablo Derqui Maestre is a Spanish actor from Catalonia. An accomplished stage actor, he is better known to the wider public for his performances in television series such as Hispania, Isabel, Pulsaciones or Cathedral of the Sea.
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Margarita Prohens Rigo
- Occupations
- translatorpolitician
- Biography
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Margalida "Marga" Prohens Rigo is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2019, and the Congress of Deputies. In 2021, she became president of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands, winning the 2023 Balearic regional election and becoming President of the Balearic Islands.
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Jaume Asens Llodrà
- Occupations
- human rights defenderlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jaume Asens Llodrà is a Spanish politician of Catalunya en Comú who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.
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Isaki Lacuesta
- Occupations
- criticscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Isaki Lacuesta is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.
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Marta Pascal i Capdevila
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with Licentiate in Political and Administration Science
- Occupations
- historianpolitical adviserpolitical scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Marta Pascal Capdevila is a Spanish politician, a Senator of the Parliament of Catalonia. From July 2016 to July 2018, she was general coordinator of the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT). From October 2012 to February 2015, she was president of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia, and from July 2015 until its dissolution in July 2016 she was the spokesperson for the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC).
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Neus Munte Fernandez
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Neus Munté Fernández is a Catalan politician.
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Mireia Oriol
- Occupations
- actorstage actormodel
- Biography
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Mireia Oriol is a Spanish actress from Catalonia.
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Javier Beltrán
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Javier Beltrán Andreu is a Spanish film and theatre actor.
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Mónica Ojeda
- Occupations
- novelistuniversity teachershort story writerwriterpoet
- Biography
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Mónica Ojeda Franco is an Ecuadorian writer. A native of Guayaquil, she obtained her bachelor's degree from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, followed by a master's degree from the Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona. She is currently working on her doctorate in Madrid. Ojeda has published in several genres, including poetry, novels, and short stories. In 2017, she was named as one of the Bogotá39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America. The other 38 included Samanta Schweblin, the Brazilian Mariana Torres and the Mexican Gabriela Jauregui, Liliana Colanzi from Bolivia and Argentinians María José Caro and Lola Copacabana.
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Mireia Vehí i Cantenys
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Studied in 2011
- Occupations
- activistsociologistwomen's rights activistpolitician
- Biography
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Mireia Vehí i Cantenys is a Spanish sociologist and politician from Catalonia, who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. She was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
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Ángela Cervantes Sorribas
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Ángela Cervantes Sorribas is a Spanish actress.
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Maria Arnal
- Occupations
- songwriterproducersingermusician
- Biography
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Maria Arnal Dimas is a Spanish artist, singer and composer based in Barcelona. Her music has received great recognition from Spanish critics. She combines his facet of electronic pop and polyphonic traditional music with projects that experiment with sound, technology and art.
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Cristina Pato
- Occupations
- composerpianisttambourine playerbagpiper
- Biography
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Cristina Pato Lorenzo is a Galician bagpiper, pianist and writer. Cristina has served as a visiting professor and artist-in-residence at New York University (NYU), Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Additionally, she collaborated for over fifteen years with Silkroad (arts organization), the non-profit organization founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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Joan Herrera i Torres
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Joan Herrera i Torres is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia. He was the leader of the leftist party Iniciativa per Catalunya.
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Roger Montañola i Busquets
- Occupations
- political scientistbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Roger Montañola i Busquets is a Spanish politician and political scientist, who was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia within the Convergence i Unió parliamentary group. A member of the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) until 2016, he was one of the promoters of Lliures.
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Tatiana Huezo
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordocumentariandocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Tatiana Huezo Sánchez is a film director of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, residing in Mexico. Her first film, El lugar más pequeño (2011), a documentary about the Salvadoran Civil War, has been awarded internationally. In 2016 she premiered Tempestad, the story of two women who suffer the consequences of human trafficking in Mexico. It received the 2016 Fénix Award for Best Documentary. In 2021, she premiered her first fiction film, Noche de Fuego, a story about three young girls in Mexico on their path to examine their adolescence in a town dominated by drug trade and human trafficking.
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Carles Mundó i Blanch
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carles Mundó i Blanch is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia who served as the Minister of Justice of Catalonia until the dismissal of the Parliament of Catalonia and of the Catalan Government in 2017 due to its declaration of independence. He was reelected to the Catalan Parliament on 21 December 2017 as a member of the Catalonia Yes party until he resigned.
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Jessica Vall Montero
- Occupations
- swimmerbiologist
- Biography
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Jessica Vall Montero is a Spanish competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist. She has a degree in Biomedicine from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and has worked at Barcelona's Biomedical Research Center. She swims for Club Natació Sant Andreu, where she has trained for over five years with her coach Jordi Jou, ex-elite swimmer also for C.N. Sant Andreu. Besides elite training, she is also working towards her master's degree in Bioethics from the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).
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Marcel Mauri
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianjournalistofficialpolitical activist
- Biography
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Marcel Mauri de los Rios is a journalist and historian, former vice president and spokesman of Òmnium Cultural.
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Elena Martín
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Studied audiovisual communication
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Elena Martín Gimeno is a Spanish actress and filmmaker from Catalonia.
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Jorge Carrión
- Occupations
- literary criticjournalistnon-fiction writerwriterhispanist
- Biography
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Jorge Carrión is a Spanish writer, cultural critic, and director of the Master in Literary Creation at the Pompeu Fabra University. His published books include the non-fiction works Bookshops (2013) and Barcelona: Book of Passageways (2017), and the novels The Dead (2010), The Orphans (2014), and The Tourists (2015). He writes in the Spanish edition of The New York Times, and he's also a collaborator in international media as the National Geographic magazine, El País, and La Vanguardia.
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Alícia Romero Llano
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Alícia Romero Llano is a Spanish politician of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia who has served in the Parliament of Catalonia since 2012. She previously served on the city council of Mataró, where she was deputy mayor from 2005 to 2011. In 2024, she was designated as Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in the government of Salvador Illa.
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María Begoña Yarza
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with master's degree in public health
- Occupations
- physicianpoliticiansurgeon
- Biography
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María Begoña Yarza Sáez is a Chilean politician and physician who served as Minister of Health.
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- In 2006 graduated with audiovisual communication
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm editor
- Biography
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Carlos Marqués-Marcet is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his first fictional film 10,000 km.
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Silvia Calzón
- Occupations
- politicianepidemiologist
- Biography
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Silvia Calzón Fernández is a Spanish epidemiologist and politician who is currently serving as commissioner of the Nuclear Safety Council. She is also known for serving as secretary of state for health from 2020 to 2023 and, briefly, as director of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency in 2024.
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Marta Rosique
- Occupations
- journalistpolitical activistpoliticiansecondary school teacher
- Biography
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Marta Rosique i Saltor is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
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Nadia Blel Scaff
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Nadia Georgette Blel Scaff is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She was elected as a Senator of Colombia since 2014. She serves as President of the Conservative Party since 2024.
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Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm editor
- Biography
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Ernesto Díaz Espinoza is a Chilean editor, film director and writer best known for his films Kiltro (2006), Mirageman (2007), The ABCs of Death (2012), Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012), Redeemer (2014) and The Fist of the Condor (2023).
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Asena Serbezova
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- academichealth ministerpharmacistpolitician
- Biography
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Asena Serbezova is a Bulgarian pharmacist and university teacher, minister of health under the government of Kiril Petkov from 2021 to 2022.
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Clara Roquet
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Clara Roquet is a Spanish filmmaker from Catalonia.
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Jonathan Menkos
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with master's degree in public policy and government
- Occupations
- writeracademiceconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Jonathan Kiril Thomas Menkos Zeissig is a Guatemalan economist, politician, writer, academic and analyst serving as Guatemala's Minister of Public Finance since January 19, 2024. He previously served as president of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) starting September 2012.
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Uri Giné
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Uri Giné is a Spanish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the alternative rock band Bongo Botrako from their formation in 2007 until their indefinite hiatus announcement in 2015.
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Marina Herlop
- Occupations
- pianistsingercomposer
- Biography
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Marina Hernández López, known professionally as Marina Herlop, is a Catalan pianist, singer, and experimental musician. She is known for her fusion of classical and avant-garde styles in her music. Herlop uses an invented language in her lyrics, mixing elements from existing languages and her own constructed vocabulary.
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Javier Calvo
- Occupations
- literary criticscreenwriternovelistwritertranslator
- Biography
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Javier Calvo Perales is a Spanish writer born in Barcelona in 1973.
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Uriel Bertran i Arrué
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Uriel Bertran i Arrué is a Spanish Associate Professor, Economist, and pro-Catalan independence Politician. He is known for leading the Esquerra Independentista movement within the ERC and co-founding the Catalan Solidarity for Independence party (SI), alongside Joan Laporta and Alfons López Tena. In the 2010 Catalan parliament election he was elected a Deputy for the constituency of Barcelona, serving until 2012.
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Neus Ballús i Montserrat
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producerfilm editor
- Biography
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Neus Ballús is a Catalan film director and scriptwriter.
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Sergi Miquel Valentí
- Occupations
- industrial designerpolitician
- Biography
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Sergi Miquel i Valentí is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
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Camila Caneque
- Occupations
- conceptual artistwriter
- Biography
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Camila Cañeque was a philosopher, conceptual and performance artist from Barcelona. Her work critiqued modernity and existential fatigue. Her work explored the concept of unproductivity, inefficiency and the unfinished in a chaotic world.
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Ingrid Guardiola Sánchez
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Graduated with humanities
- Occupations
- essayistdirectorteacherfilm producer
- Biography
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Ingrid Guardiola Sánchez is a Catalan filmmaker, producer, and cultural essayist. Between 2021 and 2025, she was the director of Bòlit, Contemporary Art Center of Girona.
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Martí Gasull i Roig
- Occupations
- philologistphilosophercultural activist
- Biography
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Martí Gasull i Roig was a Catalan linguistic activist and a mountaineer, one of the founders of the Platform for the Catalan Language (Plataforma per la Llengua). He was fully involved in the organisation's coordination, becoming its ideologist. He combined his love for the Catalan language and culture with his great passion for mountaineering. On 23 September 2012, he died in an accident on Manaslu in Nepal. Martí Gasull i Roig work’s has been appreciated many times. The Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya) posthumously awarded him the Cross of St George (Creu de Sant Jordi) on 9 October 2012. Barcelona City Council posthumously awarded him the Gold Medal for Cultural Merit on 18 December 2013. The Platform for the Catalan Language (Plataforma per la Llengua) created an award bearing his name that is given out annually to individuals and associations that work, as Martí did, tirelessly on behalf of the Catalan language.
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Anna Corbella
- Enrolled in Pompeu Fabra University
- Studied in 2006-2007
- Occupations
- sailorveterinarianfirefighter
- Biography
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Anna Corbella i Jordi is a Catalan Spanish sailor. She was the first Spanish woman to sail non-stop around the world and the third woman to do it twice.
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Josep Sucarrats Miró
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Josep Sucarrats Miró is a Catalan writer, specialized in gastronomy.
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Diego Comin
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Diego Adolfo Comin is a Spanish economist who is currently Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College.
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Meritxell Colell Aparicio
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriteruniversity teacherfilm editordocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Meritxell Colell Aparicio is a Spanish director.
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Joan Margall Sastre
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Joan Margall i Sastre is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who serves as a Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
