Balcells, Joaquim, 1890-1936

Joaquim Balcells i Pinto (Tenerife, 1890- Suïssa, 1936) latinist and professor of the Universitat de Barcelona. He was one of the founders of the Escola de Filologia Llatina de Barcelona. He was on the creation of the Univeristat Autònoma de Barcelona and he was essential contributor in the collection Fundació Bernat Metge, for his work as a translator of latin classics. He translated Lucrecious and St. Augustine, he studied many latin authors. He was a member of the Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. 

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