Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer

The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are dramaturgy. Residence is recorded at Barcelona. Employment is recorded with Diario de Mallorca and El Correo Catalán. Positions recorded include Dean of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. Distinctions recorded are Prudenci Bertrana Prize, Saint George's Cross, Ramon Llull Award and City of Palma Award.

• Name — Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer • Born — 4 December 1946 • Birthplace — Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain • Died — 10 February 2022 • Place of death — Sancellas, Balearic Islands, Spain • Language — Spanish, Catalan, Castilian • Genre — Novel, short story, translator • Spouse — Jaume Fuster

Born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Oliver was a resident of Barcelona from 1969. Oliver was known for her novels and short stories, and was also a Castilian and Catalan language translator. In the 1980s, Oliver joined a number of other Catalan-language writers to form the Ofèlia Dracs collective, looking to bring attention to, and broaden the output of deepening Catalan literature. Oliver's 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. Oliver was married to the writer Jaume Fuster. She has served as dean of Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (2001-2004). She died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 75.

• Cròniques d'un mig estiu (1970) • Cròniques de la molt anomenada ciutat de Montcarrà (1972) • El vaixell d'Iràs i no Tornaràs (1976) • Punt d'arròs (1979) • Crineres de foc (1985) • Estudi en lila (1985) • Antípodes (1988) • Joana E. (1992) • El sol que fa l'ànec (1994) • Amor de cans (1994) • Tallats de lluna (2000)