Great Catalan Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
The Great Catalan Encyclopedia (GCE) (in Catalan: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana) is a Catalan-language
encyclopedia, started by fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62. The soul of the work was written by Max Cahner, and the first director was Jordi Carbonell i Ballester. From the second volume the work had its own editorial: Enciclopedia Catalana SA with Jordi Pujol, and the new director was Joan Carreras i Martí.
The encyclopedia collects all kinds of alphabetical entries about different subjects: history, geography, cultural studies, etc.. It includes worldwide views as well as, when appropriate, Catalan viewpoints and information (meaning that the work is very thorough and often written with first hand information). It also contains a dictionary of common vocabulary, which was reviewed in the first edition of the work by Ramon Aramon i Serra.
GCE had a fixed team that wrote the GCE, and furthermore a broad set of partners, among which were the most prominent experts in each subject, which was involved in the preparation of the GEC with a great desire for service the Catalan people.
Later editions have come out with several volumes and an appendix, as well as a digital edition. In 1991 it received the Cross of Saint George
.
The Great Catalan Encyclopedia gained popularity and sold well, causing the encyclopedia to expand to encapsulate a broader series of historical, geographical, and lexical issues.
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
encyclopedia, started by fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62. The soul of the work was written by Max Cahner, and the first director was Jordi Carbonell i Ballester. From the second volume the work had its own editorial: Enciclopedia Catalana SA with Jordi Pujol, and the new director was Joan Carreras i Martí.
The encyclopedia collects all kinds of alphabetical entries about different subjects: history, geography, cultural studies, etc.. It includes worldwide views as well as, when appropriate, Catalan viewpoints and information (meaning that the work is very thorough and often written with first hand information). It also contains a dictionary of common vocabulary, which was reviewed in the first edition of the work by Ramon Aramon i Serra.
GCE had a fixed team that wrote the GCE, and furthermore a broad set of partners, among which were the most prominent experts in each subject, which was involved in the preparation of the GEC with a great desire for service the Catalan people.
Later editions have come out with several volumes and an appendix, as well as a digital edition. In 1991 it received the Cross of Saint George
Creu de Sant Jordi
The Creu de Sant Jordi is the highest civil distinction awarded in Catalonia . 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.-Recipients:*List of...
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The Great Catalan Encyclopedia gained popularity and sold well, causing the encyclopedia to expand to encapsulate a broader series of historical, geographical, and lexical issues.
External links
- L'Enciclopèdia (free access)
- L'Enciclopèdia en línia (subscription needed)