Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer
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Maria Antònia Oliver with the poet, Antoni Albalat Salanova
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4 December 1946 Manacor, Balearic Islands |
| Language | Spanish, Catalan, Castilian |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | novel, short story, translator |
| Spouse | Jaume Fuster |
Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (born 4 December 1946) is a Spanish writer of Catalan descent. She is a member of the Ofèlia Dracs collective. Her work has been translated into German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Portuguese, and Russian. She has been honored with the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 2016.
Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, she has been a resident of Barcelona since 1969. Oliver is known for her novels and short stories, and is also a Castilian and Catalan language translator. Her 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.
She is married to the writer Jaume Fuster. She has served as dean of Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (2001-2004).
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