The Mallorcan writer Maria Antonia Oliver has died at the age of 75, as confirmed by the Catalan Language Writers Association (EFTA). Known for her narrative production, Oliver received in 2016 the Honorary Award for Catalan Literature i la St. George’s Cross the 2007.
In the long fortnight of published books, the author wrote novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and reports. Aside from the narrative facet, Oliver excelled in translation, essay, and children’s literature.
Born in Manacor in 1946, she was attracted to literature from a very young age. The first novel he published was ‘Midsummer Chronicles’ at the age of 23. From 1970 to the present, Oliver has made his place in the literary world and has reached a large number of readers in both Europe and the United States of America with translations of his works.
Maria Antonia Oliver was also married to the writer Jaume Fuster. Together they were part of the so-called ‘Literary Generation of the Seventy’. According to the AELC, this generation “proposed to play a relevant and leading role in the Catalan literature of the time”.
Throughout his career, Oliver practiced a variety of genres and his works were translated into English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese. As a translator, she brought with us authors such as Virginia Woolf, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson and Herman Melville.
The author was recognized as an honorary member of theCatalan Language Writers Association.
