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Antoni Rovira i Virgili

The university of Southern Catalonia, created by the Parliament of Catalonia in December 1991, bears the name of Antoni Rovira i Virgili, a journalist, writer and politician who was born in Tarragona, fled into exile in January 1939 and died in Perpignan in 1949 while he was the president of the Parliament in exile. Throughout his life he was committed to the Catalan cause, and he had a fertile intellectual imagination and political and social convictions that led him to make considerable personal sacrifice. Our university bears his name with pride as an expression of the values that guide it: the defence of democracy, the desire for public service, and social commitment and responsibility.

Book published by Publicacions URV

In Defence of Democracy: a collection of articles by Antoni Rovira i Virgili “The defects of democracy”, “Citizenship and profession”, “Good scepticism” and “Pessimism and optimism”.