Mercedes Salisachs Roviralta (18 September 1916 – 8 May 2014) was a Spanish writer and novelist. She began her career when she was a teenager and published more than thirty five novels. She wrote and published her last novel in 2013 at the age of 97. She is a recipient of the

Premio Planeta de Novela The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is the ...

Biography

Salisachs was born in

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, Spain. In 1956, she won the City of Barcelona Prize with the work '' A Woman Comes to Town''. In 1983, she won the Ateneo de Sevilla prize for her work '' Lack Volume'' and in 2004, she won the

Fernando Lara Novel Award The Fernando Lara Novel Award ( es, Premio Fernando Lara de Novela, links=no) is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. The publication of the f ...

for her work '' The Last Maze''. Salisachs died in Barcelona from natural causes, aged 97. She is survived by four children and many grandchildren.

References

1916 births 2014 deaths Writers from Barcelona Spanish women novelists 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish women writers {{Spain-writer-stub