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{{Short description|Catalan teen magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
|title = Cavall Fort
|image_file =  Cavall Fort.jpg
|image_size = 
|image_caption =  Offices of the Fundació Cavall Fort in Barcelona
|editor = Mercè Canela
|editor_title = Director
|frequency = Biweekly
|circulation = 
|category = Teen's magazine
|company =
|publisher = 
|founded =  1961
|country = [[Spain]]
|based = 
|language = [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.cavallfort.cat}}
|issn =
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'''''Cavall Fort''''' is a [[magazine]] for children and teenagers published in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] every two weeks. It was established in 1961<ref name=rhi/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ara.cat/comunicacio/Cavall-Fort-celebra-anys_0_601140031.html|title='Cavall Fort' celebra els 50 anys|work=Ara|date=1 December 2011|language=Catalan}}</ref> to foster reading among youths between 9 and 15 years old, following the example of the popular magazine ''[[En Patufet]]'', which was discontinued at the end of the 1930s.<ref name=rhi>{{cite book|author=Rhiannon McGlade|title=Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsomDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|accessdate=30 July 2016|date=15 February 2016|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-1-78316-806-4|page=179}}</ref> French style [[comics]] (such as those from [[Hergé]]) were introduced into the Spanish culture by ''Cavall Fort''.

== Awards ==
In 1987 the [[Generalitat of Catalonia]] awarded ''Cavall Fort'' with the [[Creu de Sant Jordi]] and in 2011 with the [[Premi Nacional de Cultura]] (''National Culture Award'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/22577/cavall/fort/rep/premi/nacional/cultura |title=Cavall Fort rep el Premi Nacional de Cultura|date=21 February 2011|work=Nacio digital|language=Catalan}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.cavallfort.cat/}}

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[[Category:1961 establishments in Spain]]
[[Category:Biweekly magazines published in Spain]]
[[Category:Magazines published in Catalonia]]
[[Category:Catalan-language magazines]]
[[Category:Magazines about comics]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1961]]
[[Category:Teen magazines]]
[[Category:Children's magazines published in Spain]]


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