Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (

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, 22 April 1913 – Girona, 24 March 2004) was a

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writer and journalist. She was forced by linguistic repression under

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to write in

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. While her articles were in Spanish, she published in the ''Journal of Gerona'' the first poem in

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, "Thanksgiving".

Biography

In her youth she was influenced by her uncle, an

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and

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. She was greatly affected by the execution of Joan Font in 1936 and the disappearance of her brother during the

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.Carme Ramilo, ''op.cit.'' p. 77

Selected works

*''Les cinc branques'' (1975).Various Authors. Engordany (Andorra): Editorial Esteve Albert i Corp. *''L' escollit'' (2005), Editorial Associació Suport a la Dona de Palafrugell. Edition of the 1959 award-winning work with the

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for Novel in the

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of the Catalan Language in Exile, which had been unpublished. * Poems and more than 350 stories and articles published in : ''Gerunda'', ''Educación y Cultura'', ''Los Sitios'', ''Revista de Girona'', ''Presència'' i ''Punt Diari''.

References

Bibliography

*Carme Ramilo i Martínez, ''Maria Assumpció Soler, mestra i escriptora entre dues dictadures''. a la Revista de Girona, núm. 235, març-abril 2006, pàg. 77-81 (in Catalan) *Maria Assumpció Soler i Font, ''Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones'' (in Catalan) *''Carme Ramilo i Martínez, Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913-2004): mestra i escriptora ex aequo'', (Col·lecció dones amb nom propi), Palafrugell, Associació Support a la Dona de Palafrugell, 2007, (in Catalan) 1913 births 2004 deaths Women writers from Catalonia People from Girona Poets from Catalonia Journalists from Catalonia Spanish women poets 20th-century Spanish poets 20th-century Spanish women writers {{Spain-writer-stub