Lola Badia Explained

Lola Badia Pàmies (Barcelona, March 22, 1951) is a Spanish philologist, medievalist, and academic of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. With her retirement in 2021,[1] she became professor emeritus of Catalan literature at the University of Barcelona.[2]

Early life and education

Lola Badia Pàmies was born in Barcelona, Spain, on March 22, 1951.[3] She graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1973,[4] where she obtained her doctorate in 1977 under the supervision of Martí de Riquer i Morera.

Career

She has been a professor of Catalan literature at the University of the Balearic Islands, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Girona, and the University of Barcelona, where she has coordinated the SLIMM (Seminar on Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age)[5] in the Department of Catalan Philology since 1987. She is responsible for the Consolidated Research Group on Medieval Catalan Literature and Culture, and directs research projects for the Ministry of Education.

Specialising in Catalan literature from the Late Middle Ages, and in particular Raimundo Lulio, she has been a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Girona, the Warburg Institute of the University of London, Westfield College of Queen Mary University of London, the Raimundus Lullus Institut of the University of Freiburg, and the Raimundus Lullus Institute of the University of Toronto, among other places. She has also published philological editions of Catalan classics such as Lo Somni de Bernat Metge (1999)[6] and Curial e Güelfa (2011).[7]

Since 1996, she has been a member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Barcelona). She has also served as co-director of the Computerized Repertory of Ancient Catalan Literature (RIALC) and director of the Ramon Llull Documentation Centre of the University of Barcelona. Since 2024, she has been emeritus professor of Catalan Literature at the University of Barcelona.

Awards and honours

In 2000, she received the Narcís Monturiol Medal from the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 2016, she won the (National Prize for Culture of Catalonia).[8] [9] In 2024, she received the Serra d'Or Award.

Selected works

As editor

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tribute to the expert on Catalan medieval literatura, Lola Badia . Current events . 18 August 2024 . 17 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Professor Lola Badia wins the Serra d'Or Award . Current events . 18 August 2024 . 5 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Lola Badia . www.goodreads.com . 18 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Tirant lo Blanch (I): Joanot Martorell, caballero, cortesano y escritor (1410-1465) - Fundación Juan March . www.march.es . 18 August 2024 . es.
  5. Web site: Programa en curs . stel2.ub.edu . SLIMM - Seminari de Literatura i Cultura de l'Edat Mitjana i l'Edat Moderna . 18 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Lo somni de Bernat Metge : heretgia i hermenèutica / Lola Badia . www.cervantesvirtual.com . Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes . 18 August 2024 . es.
  7. Book: Badia . Lola . Torró . Jaume . Curial e Güelfa . 2011 . Quaderns Crema . 978-84-7727-517-6 . 18 August 2024 . ca.
  8. Web site: Lola Badia i Pàmies . www.enciclopedia.cat . 18 August 2024 . ca.
  9. News: La mediavalista gironina Lola Badia, Premis Nacionals de Cultura . 18 August 2024 . Nació Digital . 14 March 2016 . ca.