Raimon Panikkar
By Alex Font
Raimon Panikkar was a Spanish philosopher and theologian. He was born in Barcelona in 1918 and died in Tavertet in 2010.
He was the son of an Indian father and a Catalan mother, and always felt both Indian and Spanish. He studied chemistry, philosophy and Catholic theology. In 1946 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Panikkar was a member of the conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei.
He taught in universities in Spain, India and the United States. All his life he worked to achieve inter-religious dialogue. He criticized Western countries because they tried to impose their views on the way poor countries should develop.
He wrote more than 40 books and 900 articles. In 1961 he was awarded Spain's National Literature prize.
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