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Marta Pessarrodona
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Marta Pessarrodona y Artigues (born November 18, 1941) is a well-known Catalan writer. She writes poems, stories, and literary reviews. She has also written essays and biographies about people's lives. Some of her famous books include Primers dies de 1968 (1968), Setembre 30 (1969), and Vida privada (1972). In 1997, she received a very important award called the Creu de Sant Jordi.
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Biography
Marta Pessarrodona was born in Terrassa, a city in Catalonia, Spain, on November 18, 1941.
Her Work and Studies
In 1986, she started teaching Spanish at the University of Nottingham in England. She also helped lead a group that shares Catalan culture with people around the world. This group was part of the Department of Culture of the Catalan government.
In 2010, Marta was doing research at the National Archive of Catalonia. She was studying the history of Spanish people who had to leave their country, especially during the Spanish Civil War.
Writing Style and Translations
Marta Pessarrodona has written many works about the famous writer Virginia Woolf and a group of artists and thinkers known as the Bloomsbury Group. She has also translated books by other important writers like Susan Sontag, Doris Lessing, and Simone de Beauvoir.
Her poetry is very realistic and clear. It often sounds thoughtful or even a bit funny. Her poems usually come from her thoughts or memories. She writes regularly for newspapers like Avui and magazines like El Temps. In 2007, a special collection of her best poems was published. She writes all her works in the Catalan language.
Awards and Honours
Marta Pessarrodona has received several important awards for her writing.
Major Recognitions
- In 1997, she was given the Creu de Sant Jordi by the Generalitat de Catalunya. This is one of the highest awards given by the Catalan government.
- In 2011, she won the Premio Nacional de Literatura de la Generalidad de Cataluña (National Literature Prize of the Generalitat of Catalonia). She received this for her poetry book Animals i plantas and her essays Francia: enero 1939. La cultura catalana exiliada and L’exili violeta.
- In 2019, she received the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes. This award is given by Òmnium Cultural, an organization that promotes Catalan language and culture. It is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the Catalan language.
Library in Her Name
A library in the Mira-sol neighborhood of Sant Cugat del Vallès is named after her. This shows how much her work is valued.
Selected Works
Marta Pessarrodona has written many books. Here are some of them:
- Primers dies de 1968 (1968)
- Setembre 30 (1969)
- Vida privada (1972)
- Memòria (1979)
- A favor meu, nostre (1981)
- Berlin suite (1985)
- Homenatge a Walter Benjamin (1988)
- Les senyores-senyores ens els triem calbs (1988)
- Nessa: narracions (1988)
- Tria de poemes (1994)
- L'amor a Barcelona (1998)
- Fauna (1994)
- Barcelona, una nova ciutat europea (1995)
- Montserrat Roig: un retrat
- Maria Aurèlia Capmany: un retrat
- Frederica Montseny: un retrat
- El segle de les dones (2002)
- Virginia Woolf in the Midlands (2004)
- Caterina Albert: un retrat (2005)
- Mercè Rodoreda i el seu temps (2005)
- Donasses. Protagonistes de la Catalunya moderna (2006)
- Poemes 1969-2007: Antologia (2007)
- Animals i plantes (2010)
- França 1939. La cultura catalana exiliada (2010)
- L'exili violeta (2010)
- A favor nostre. Antologia de poemes (2019)
See also
In Spanish: Marta Pessarrodona para niños
