Maria Àngels Anglada was a

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poet and novelist. She was born in

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, Spain, in 1920. She received a degree in Classical Philology at the

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. Her first novel, ''Les closes'', won the

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. Her 1985 novel ''Sandàlies d'escuma'' (Sandals of Foam) won the Lletra d'Or Prize. She died in 1999.

Bibliography

*''Díptic'' (1972), poetry (with Núria Albó) *''Les closes'' (1979), novel *''Kyapartssia'' (1980) *''No em dic Laura'' (1981), short stories *''Viola d'amore'' (1983), novel *''Columnes d'hores'' (1990), poetry *''The Violin of Auschwitz'' (1994), novel *''Sandàlies d'escuma'' (1985), novel *''Quadern d'Aram'' (1997), novel

References

External links

Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
(accessed 09-2010) - English-language page about Anglada at The Catalan Language Writers' Association
Maria Àngels Anglada at LletrA, Catalan Literature Online (Open University of Catalonia)
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