Omnium Cultural
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| Motto |
Llengua, cultura, país ("Language, culture, country") |
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| Founded | July 11, 1961 |
| Founder |
Lluís Carulla, Joan Baptista Cendrós, Fèlix Millet, Joan Vallvé, Pau Riera |
| Type | Cultural institution |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 41°23′30″N 2°10′09″E / 41.39167°N 2.16917°ECoordinates: 41°23′30″N 2°10′09″E / 41.39167°N 2.16917°E |
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Area served
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Catalonia |
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Members
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38069 |
| Website | omnium |
Òmnium Cultural (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈɔmnium kuɫtuˈɾaɫ] ) is an association based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture.
Over the years it has increased its political nature; as of 2012 it had evolved into a Catalan separatist movement demanding self-determination for Catalonia.
Òmnium Cultural was created on 11 July 1961 in the context of Francoist Spain when the institutional use of Catalan was forbidden. In 1963 the Francoist authorities closed down the association. Òmnium had to continue to exist as a clandestine association in 1963–1967. In 1967, after a long legal case before the Francoist courts, the association won its right to exist and was once again authorized.
In order to promote the Catalan culture within the many limits of Francoism, Òmnium was the main sponsor of creating various awards and literary contests for works published in Catalan, such as the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (1969). Then by the early 1970s it established the Nit de Santa Llúcia a festival of Catalan literature when three awards are granted: Premi Sant Jordi (novel), Premi Mercè Rodoreda (short story) and the Premi Carles Riba (poetry).
After the end of the Francoist dictatorship in 1975, Òmnium continued its work promoting Catalan language and culture. Once democracy was restored, Òmnium supported and defended Catalan self-government, especially since the Spanish Constitutional Court’s rejection of the new Estatut. One million people marched on July 10, 2010 in Barcelona calling for national self-determination in a 2010 Catalan autonomy protest organized by Òmnium.
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