Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Oliver and the second or maternal family name is Cabrer.

Maria Antònia Oliver with the poet, Antoni Albalat Salanova
Born (1946-12-04) 4 December 1946
Manacor, Balearic Islands
Language Spanish, Catalan, Castilian
Nationality Spanish
Genre novel, short story, translator
Spouse Jaume Fuster

Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (born December 4, 1946) is a Spanish writer of Catalan descent. She is a member of the Ofèlia Dracs collective. Her work has been translated into German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Portuguese, and Russian.[1] [2]

Life

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, she has been a resident of Barcelona since 1969. Oliver is known for her novels and short stories, and is also a Castilian and Catalan language translator. Her first work was published in 1970. While most of her work has been for adult readers, some is aimed at children and youth. In addition to novel and short stories, she has written plays (Negroni de ginebra ; 1991), screenplays, as well as stories for radio (Catalunya Ràdio) and television (TV3; TVE Catalunya). She has worked for El Correo Catalán, Diario de Mallorca, Última hora, and Diari de Barcelona. Writing in Catalan, many of her works have been translated into Castilian, German, English, Galician and Russian.[3]

She is married to the writer Jaume Fuster.[4] She has served as dean of Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (2001-2004).

Selected works

Awards

References

  1. "Oliver Cabrer, Maria Antònia" (in Spanish). Generalitat de Catalunya, Department de Cultura. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/oliverma/pagina.php?id_sec=15
  3. "Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer" (in Spanish). Diccionario de Escritores e Illustradores de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. "Maria Antònia Oliver". lletra.net. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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