Fundacion Bernat Metge - Language organization
- Artist/Author/Producer: Fundacion Bernat Metge
- Confronting Bodies: Jefatura del Servicio Nacional de Propaganda, Seccion de Censura
- Dates of action: 1939
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Description of the Art Work
- The Fundacion Bernat Metge was an organization established in Barcelona
to translate classical writings - such as The Bible or the works of
Dante, Seneca and Plutarch - into Catalan, the language of the Basque
region of Spain.
- Description of incident
- The organization was constantly denied government subsidies, in an
attempt to make the language obsolete.
- Results of incident
- The organization was abandoned by its members and was ultimately
dissolved.
Source: Valentin Roma