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- Eugeni_Xammar abstract "Eugeni Xammar i Puigventós (Barcelona, January 17, 1888 - L'Ametlla del Vallès, December 5, 1973) was an international journalist, career diplomat, and polyglot translator (he spoke seven languages and wrote five) who lived most of his life outside of Catalonia as a correspondent in Europe during the stormy, unstable years of the First and Second World Wars.He worked as a correspondent in Buenos Aires, Paris, Madrid, London, Berlin, Washington DC, and Geneva, and traveled to Italy, Russia, and Austria, among others. As a correspondent, he collaborated principally with Catalan media outlets, writing in Catalan, like La Publicitat, La Veu de Catalunya, or Mirador magazine, which he complemented with activities in Spanish in South American publications and the Madrid-based newspaper Ahora. His mastery of languages allowed him to work as a translator for international organizations like the UN, WHO, World Bank, and FAO.His longest assignment was in Berlin, between 1922 and 1936, during the Weimar Republic, when Xammar published in 1923 an alleged interview of Hitler, the first known such of the future Führer, in which he explains how he was incubating what he called "the serpent's egg". Eighty years later, the authenticity of this interview was called into question by Lluís Permanyer and Albert Sánchez Piñol. These are the years in which he coincided with Josep Pla who was also a correspondent and with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. From Berlin, he narrated the repercussions of the First World War on the German populace that led to the evolution of Nazism and Hitler's arrival to power.Always committed to the Republic and to the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya, of which he was a representative in Paris during the postwar period under President Irla, his actions led to Francoist reprisals and extradition, as well as the disappearance of his name and his work for an entire generation of students until his posthumous memoir was published in the mid 1970s.Xammar defined himself as a democrat, Republican, and Catalanist. He stated: "when it comes to Catalonia, I have never taken precautions". He was very critical with those who, despite sharing positions like his own, considered themselves "non-belligerents" with the postwar Francoist regime, like for example the intellectuals who contributed to Destino magazine, despite it being a key liberal, Catalanist, democratic source of the times.".
- Eugeni_Xammar alias "Douglas Flint (abans de 1909)".
- Eugeni_Xammar alias "Eugeni Xammar".
- Eugeni_Xammar alias "Harry Doggerel, a El Día Gráfico".
- Eugeni_Xammar alias "Peer Grynt, a El Be Negre".
- Eugeni_Xammar award Premi_Cr%C3%ADtica_Serra_d'Or_de_Literatura_i_Assaig.
- Eugeni_Xammar birthDate "1888-01-17".
- Eugeni_Xammar birthPlace Barcelona.
- Eugeni_Xammar birthYear "1888".
- Eugeni_Xammar deathDate "1973-12-05".
- Eugeni_Xammar deathPlace L'Ametlla_del_Vall%C3%A8s.
- Eugeni_Xammar deathPlace L'Ametlla_del_Vallès.
- Eugeni_Xammar deathYear "1973".
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- Eugeni_Xammar awards Premi_Crítica_Serra_d'Or_de_Literatura_i_Assaig.
- Eugeni_Xammar birthDate "1888-01-17".
- Eugeni_Xammar birthPlace Barcelona.
- Eugeni_Xammar caption "Eugeni Xammar, leaving the German Chancellery in Berlin, 1934".
- Eugeni_Xammar dateOfBirth "1888-01-17".
- Eugeni_Xammar dateOfDeath "1973-12-05".
- Eugeni_Xammar deathDate "1973-12-05".
- Eugeni_Xammar deathPlace L'Ametlla_del_Vallès.
- Eugeni_Xammar education "self-taught".
- Eugeni_Xammar name "Eugeni Xammar".
- Eugeni_Xammar name "Xammar, Eugeni".
- Eugeni_Xammar nationality "Catalan".
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- Eugeni_Xammar occupation "journalist".
- Eugeni_Xammar otherNames "Douglas Flint".
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- Eugeni_Xammar otherNames "Harry Doggerel, a El Día Gráfico".
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- Eugeni_Xammar placeOfBirth Barcelona.
- Eugeni_Xammar placeOfDeath L'Ametlla_del_Vallès.
- Eugeni_Xammar shortDescription "Spanish journalist".
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- Eugeni_Xammar spouse "Amanda Fürstenwerth; Francine Mesne".
- Eugeni_Xammar description "Spanish journalist".
- Eugeni_Xammar description "Spanish journalist".
- Eugeni_Xammar subject Category:People_from_Barcelona.
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- Eugeni_Xammar comment "Eugeni Xammar i Puigventós (Barcelona, January 17, 1888 - L'Ametlla del Vallès, December 5, 1973) was an international journalist, career diplomat, and polyglot translator (he spoke seven languages and wrote five) who lived most of his life outside of Catalonia as a correspondent in Europe during the stormy, unstable years of the First and Second World Wars.He worked as a correspondent in Buenos Aires, Paris, Madrid, London, Berlin, Washington DC, and Geneva, and traveled to Italy, Russia, and Austria, among others. ".
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