Mercè Rodoreda

Also known as Merce Rodoreda, Merce Rodoreda i Gurgui, Rodoreda, Mercedes Rodoreda

Spanish writer (1908-1983)

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Mercè Rodoreda was a Spanish writer from Catalonia (1908-1983) who is considered one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century in her region. She is best known for her novels that explore the interior lives of ordinary people, particularly women, and her work remains influential in Catalan literature.

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Barcelona
Place of death: Girona
Occupation: short story writer
Employer: Institució de les Lletres Catalanes
Languages spoken: Esperanto
Native language: Catalan
Award: Ramon Llull Novel Award
Field of work: literature
Official website: www.mercerodoreda.cat
Image: Rodoreda.jpg
Number of children: 1
Residence: Romanyà de la Selva

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manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Mercè Rodoreda
date of death: 1983-04-13
date of birth: 1908-10-10
Commons category: Mercè Rodoreda
birth name: Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí
cause of death: liver cancer
name in native language: Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí
influenced by: Delfí Dalmau i Gener
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of 1000 basic articles
member of: Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana
writing language: Catalan
start of work period: 1930-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí ( Catalan pronunciation: [məɾˈsɛ ruðuˈɾɛðə]; 10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983) was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.

She is considered the most influential contemporary Catalan language writer, as evidenced by other authors' references to her work and her international reputation, with translations into more than thirty languages.

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