Borja de Riquer receives the Creu Sant Jordi 2017

Congratulations Borja de Riquer Permanyer, recently honored with Creu Sant Jordi 2017.

The text published by the Catalan Government states that this recognition is due to "the relevance of his studies on the Catalan political and Francoism, summed up in a series of works of reference for understanding and analysis of the Catalan recent History. He participated as an expert in the committee which advised the Catalan Government to ensure the return of the documents of the Catalan republican Government kept in the Spanish Civil War Archive in the city of Salamanca."

The Creu Sant Jordi 2017 is one of the highest awards that a person can receive from the Government of Catalonia. The award was created in 1981 in order to distinguish the natural or legal persons who, on their merits, have rendered outstanding services in Catalonia, as in the case of the bookseller Guillem Terribas, founder of the bookstore, Llibreria 22, in the city of Girona, who from here also we would like to congratulated.

We think the best way to extend this tribute is reading Borja de Riquer's books.