Maria Barbal

Maria Barbal i Farré ( born September 17, 1949 in Tremp ) is a Catalan writer. She is considered one of the most important and successful contemporary authors Catalan.

Barbal spent her childhood in the mountainous region of the Spanish Pyrenees. In 1964 she came to Barcelona to study at the university Spanish philology. Thereafter, where she worked as a teacher.

In the 1980s, their first books, which were largely located in the archaic rural context of their home appeared. Your Book Like a stone in the rubble (1985, original title Pedra de tartera ) has been released in their home in fifty editions and been translated into several languages.

For her work Barbal won the Spanish Critics Prize, the National Literature Prize of Spain and the Serra d'Or Award. Her novel Affairs Country (2005, original title País intimate ) earned her the prestigious Prudenci - Bertrana price.

Works

  • Like a stone in the rubble, Transit Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-3-88747-221-4
  • Interior Land, Transit Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-3-88747-233-7
  • Emma, Transit Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-3-88747-240-5
  • Càmfora, Transit Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-3-88747-258-0
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