Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (4 December 1946 – 10 February 2022) was a Spanish writer. Her work has been translated into German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Portuguese, and Russian. She was honored with the

Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes The Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (Catalan Literary Lifetime Achievement Award) is an award instituted by Omnium Cultural since 1969 to recognize a person by their scientific or literary work, written in Catalan language, the importance of ...

in 2016.

Life

Born in

Manacor Manacor () is a town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the second largest town in Mallorca, after the capital of Palma. The municipality has tourist areas such a ...

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, Oliver was a resident of

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from 1969. Oliver was known for her novels and short stories, and was also a Castilian and

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language translator. In the 1980s, Oliver joined a number of other Catalan-language writers to form the Ofèlia Dracs collective, looking to bring attention to, and broaden the output of deepening Catalan literature. Oliver's 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 The ''Diario de Barcelona'' (catalán: ''Diari de Barcelona'') (The Barcelona Journal) was a newspaper founded in 1792 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With a few interruptions it was published in paper form until 1994, and in digital form until ...

''. Writing in Catalan, many of her works have been translated into Castilian, German, English, Galician and Russian. Oliver was married to the writer Jaume Fuster. She has served as dean of

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(2001-2004). She died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 75.

Selected works

* ''Cròniques d'un mig estiu'' (1970) * ''Cròniques de la molt anomenada ciutat de Montcarrà'' (1972) * ''El vaixell d'Iràs i no Tornaràs'' (1976) * ''Punt d'arròs'' (1979) * ''Crineres de foc'' (1985) * ''Estudi en lila'' (1985) * ''Antípodes'' (1988) * ''Joana E.'' (1992) * ''El sol que fa l'ànec'' (1994) * ''Amor de cans'' (1994) * ''Tallats de lluna'' (2000)

Awards

* Prudenci Bertrana Prize * 2001, Outstanding Achievement Award of the Llibre Setmana in Catalan * 2003, Ramon Llull Prize, Balearic Government * Finalist for the Sant Jordi Prize (1984) for Crineres de foc * Prize for Catalan Literature of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1985) for the translation of Moby Dick * Jaume Fuster Prize for Catalan Writers (2004) *

(2016)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver Cabrer, Maria Antonia 1946 births 2022 deaths People from Manacor Spanish women novelists Women writers from Catalonia