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Joan Amades
AuthorBooks · Second hand1890-1959
Joan Amades i Gelats was a Catalan ethnologist and folklorist. An autodidact, he worked at the historical archive of the city of Barcelona and at the Museum of Industry and Popular Arts of the same city. From 1956 onwards, he collaborated with UNESCO. He was also an important promoter of Esperanto and founded the Federació Esperantista Catalana. Perhaps the most important book in his large bibliography is Costumari Català, the main work for the study of Catalan popular culture.
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About Joan Amades
Birth
1890
Death
1959
Joan Amades i Gelats was a Catalan ethnologist and folklorist. An autodidact, he worked at the historical archive of the city of Barcelona and at the Museum of Industry and Popular Arts of the same city. From 1956 onwards, he collaborated with UNESCO. He was also an important promoter of Esperanto and founded the Federació Esperantista Catalana. Perhaps the most important book in his large bibliography is Costumari Català, the main work for the study of Catalan popular culture.
Joan Amades was a prominent ethnologist and folklorist who dedicated his life to preserving Catalan popular culture.
Beyond his research, he was a passionate Esperantist who believed in universal communication.
His masterpiece, Folklore de Catalunya, is an essential reference for understanding the customs and traditions of the region.
Born in the iconic Raval neighborhood, Amades turned his curiosity about daily life into a prolific career as a writer and historian.
Throughout his career, he published nearly 90 works documenting the richness of Spain's intangible heritage.
