Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oliver and the second or maternal family name is Cabrer.
Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer
Oliver (right) with poet Antoni Albalat Salanova
Oliver (right) with poet Antoni Albalat Salanova
Born(1946-12-04)4 December 1946
Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain
Died10 February 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 75)
LanguageSpanish, Catalan, Castilian
NationalitySpanish
GenreNovel, short story, translator
SpouseJaume Fuster

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.[1][2] She was honored with the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 2016.[3]

Life

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Oliver was a resident of Barcelona from 1969. Oliver was known for her novels and short stories, and was also a Castilian and Catalan 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. Writing in Catalan, many of her works have been translated into Castilian, German, English, Galician and Russian.[4]

Oliver was married to the writer Jaume Fuster.[5] She has served as dean of Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (2001-2004). She died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 75.[6]

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

Maria Antònia Oliver in 2016
  • 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)
  • Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes (2016)

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Cabrer, Maria Antònia" (in Spanish). Generalitat de Catalunya, Department de Cultura. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Maria Antònia Oliver". Escriptors.cat. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ Nopca, Jordi (10 February 2016). "Maria Antònia Oliver, Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes 2016" (in Catalan). Diari Ara. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer" (in Spanish). Diccionario de Escritores e Illustradores de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Maria Antònia Oliver". lletra.net. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Fallece la escritora Maria Antònia Oliver, Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes". Levante. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.