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Ana María Martínez Sagi
Anna Maria Martínez Sagi (16 February 1907 – 2 January 2000) was a Spanish poet, trade unionist, journalist, feminist and athlete. She was national champion in the javelin and became the first female director of a Spanish football club. During the Spanish Civil War she followed the Durruti Column as a journalist and was then exiled to France, living in different places. During World War II she joined the French Resistance and evaded capture by the Gestapo. Afterwards she worked for the Aga Khan and then moved to the United States where she taught at the University of Illinois. After the death of Francisco Franco, she returned to Catalonia where she lived in obscurity near to Barcelona. Early life Martínez Sagi was born into a gentry, genteel family in Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1907. Her father worked in textiles and her mother encouraged her children to speak in Spanish and English, but not Catalan language, Catalan. Martínez Sagi learned Catalan, the language she would later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Martínez Sagi
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