Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà

Joan Francesc Mira i Casterà (born December 3, 1939, in Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish writer, anthropologist and sociologist. He is an honorary member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana and President of Acció Cultural del País Valencià. In politics he is a supporter and has been a candidate of Valencian Nationalist Bloc in 2000 and 2003. Around the valencianist and historical theme, his works include Crítica de la Nació Pura (1985), which he discusses the concept of nation, Sobre la nació dels valencians (1997) and Els Borja, família i mite ("The Borgia: family and myth", 2000).