Jordi Bilbeny Explained

Jordi Alsina i Bilbeny (born 14 October 1961) is a Spanish pseudohistorian from Catalonia best known for his theory that Christopher Columbus was a Catalan.

Bilbeny has a degree in Catalan Philology by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has been a professor of Catalan language classes for adults at the Islamic Cultural Council of Catalonia and at the Women's Penitentiary of Barcelona (Wad-Ras), among other places.[1] He launched the "Symposium on the Catalan discovery of America" in 2001.[2] Bilbeny is a member of the "Arenysian Movement for Self-Determination", a local independentist movement, and of the Arenys de Munt's Popular Unity Candidacy,[3] and was one of the organizers of the 2009 Catalan independence referendum in Arenys de Munt, for which he composed the anthem.[4] [5] He is a leading member of the Institut Nova Història, a research organisation which claims that Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and the author of Lazarillo de Tormes were Catalan.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Riera. Ignasi. Català a les presons. Avui. 14 June 2010. Catalan. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311141919/http://paper.avui.cat/article/dialeg/153564/catala/presons.html . 11 March 2012.
  2. News: Error intencionat? Un simposi d'historiadors a Arenys de Mar debatrà el possible origen català de Colom i per què es va negar. El Punt Avui. 16 November 2010. Catalan.
  3. News: imenis i Bilbeny analitzen les consultes en una xerrada a Besalú aquest divendres. Llibertat.cat. 3 November 2009. Catalan. https://web.archive.org/web/20140804160245/http://www.llibertat.cat/2009/11/ximenis-i-bilbeny-analitzen-les-consultes-en-una-xerrada-a-besalu-aquest-divendres-8026. 4 August 2014.
  4. News: Una discogràfica ripollesa edita l'himne de les consultes independentistes. El Ripollès.info. 22 April 2010. Catalan . https://web.archive.org/web/20130724145544/http://www.naciodigital.cat/elripolles/noticia/11191/discografica/ripollesa/edita/himne/consultes/independentistes. 24 July 2013.
  5. News: Campanes de Llibertat . e-notícies. 8 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912080227/http://politica.e-noticies.cat/campanes-de-llibertat-32408.html. 12 September 2009.
  6. News: Mas. Andreu. Colom era català, barceloní, i d'una nissaga noble. El Punt. 3 November 2009. Catalan. 2018-04-12. 2014-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808115804/http://www.codic.cat/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/codic-cat-2009-11-03-El-Punt-Noticia-Colom-era-Catala-Barceloni-i-d-una-nissaga-noble-98608.pdf. dead.

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