Joan Mari Torrealdai
basque writer, sociologist, journalist, and bibliographer
Joan Mari Torrealdai Nabea (November 24, 1942 – July 31, 2020) was a Spanish writer, journalist and sociologist. He was a member of Euskaltzaindia (the Royal Academy of the Basque Language).[1][2] He was born in Forua, Spain.
In 2003, he was arrested and tortured by the Government of Spain in a campaign against the newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria.[3] In 2007 he was appointed as a full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language.[1][4] In 2011 he took charge of the Azkue Library of the Academy.[1][2]
Torrealdai died on July 31, 2020 in Basque Country, Spain from cancer at the age of 77.[5]
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Azurmendi, Joxe (1997). "Joan Mari Torrealdai: 25 urte Jakin-en zuzendari". Jakin (in Basque). 102: 85–109.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Joan Mari Torrealdai , PuntuEus Foundation president , Manuel Lekuona Award 2015 - Domeinuak .eus". Domeinuak .eus. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ↑ ""After being in hell, jail seemed heaven to me"" (PDF). egunkaria.info. 2003. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ↑ Euskaltzaindia, Academy of Basque Basque Language (2007). "Torrealdai, Joan Mari". www.euskaltzaindia.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ↑ Fallece Joan Mari Torrealdai (in Spanish)
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