Pompeu Fabra

This article is about the Catalan grammarian. For the university, see Pompeu Fabra University.
In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Fabra and the second or maternal family name is Poch; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Pompeu Fabra
Pompeu Fabra in 1917
Born(1868-02-20)20 February 1868
Gràcia, Catalonia, Spain
(now a district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Died25 December 1948(1948-12-25) (aged 80)
Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
EducationUniversity of Barcelona (Industrial Engineering)
OccupationsProfessor, engineer, linguist
Known forFather of modern grammar of the Catalan language
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
OpponentFrancisco Franco

Pompeu Fabra i Poch (Catalan pronunciation: [pumˈpɛw ˈfaβɾə]; 20 February 1868 – 25 December 1948) was a Catalan engineer, linguist, and grammarian. He was the main author of the normative reform of the contemporary Catalan language and is considered the father of modern Catalan grammar. The Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona is named after him.

Fabra was known as the "wise organizer of the Catalan language" for his pioneering work establishing the modern norms of the language.

The Catalan writer Josep Pla wrote that "Fabra has been the most important Catalan of our time because he is the only citizen of this country, at this time, who, having set out to achieve a specific public and general goal, accomplished it in an explicit and indisputable way."

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