Joan Safont

Mataró, 1984. Writer and cultural journalist. He studied Law, but after briefly practicing law, he hung up his gown for a notepad. He is currently about to complete his doctoral thesis. He collaborates with Vilaweb, El Temps, Crític, Núvol, and Revista de Catalunya, among others. He has published several books:For France and England, the First World War of the Catalan Anglophiles(A Contravent, 2012);Captains of commerce, explained by their children(MobilBooks, 2016);Sabotage against Franco. Episodes of opposition from those who had won the war(Angle Editorial, 2017);Grievances and Redress. The Catalonia-Spain debate in the press, from early Catalanism to the present day(Ara Llibres, 2018), andPEN Català, 95 years of cultural diplomacy(PEN Català – Meteora, 2018).