Joan Esculies (Manresa, 1976). Writer and historian. Collaborating professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). His most recent book, together with David Martínez Fiol, is 1917. The year Spain could have changed (Renacimiento, 2018). He is preparing a biography of the intellectual and politician Ernest Lluch, soon to be published. He has published articles and books related to Catalan nationalism and especially on the figure of Josep Tarradellas, of whom he is a specialist. He is a regular contributor to the newspaper Ara and El País-Catalunya.
