Montserrat Abelló i Soler
Montserrat Abelló i Soler (1 February 1918 – 9 September 2014) was a Catalan poet and translator. During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.
Also recorded as Montserrat Abello i Soler
Montserrat Abelló i Soler

Josep Xicota · Carrer Camp d'Urgell de Manresa · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Montserrat Abelló i Soler
- Born
- 1 February 1918
- Died
- 9 September 2014
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Birthplace
- Tarragona
- Occupation
- Poet, translator
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Honours
- Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes, Saint George's Cross and Jaume Fuster Award.
- Languages
- Catalan, Spanish and English.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Montserrat Abelló i Soler (1 February 1918 – 9 September 2014) was a Catalan poet and translator. During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Montserrat Abelló i Soler (1918–2014) was a poet, translator and writer, of Spanish nationality. The poet was born in Tarragona and died in Barcelona.
Languages used include Catalan, English and Spanish. Honours include Jaume Fuster Award, Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes and Saint George's Cross.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 29 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Montserrat Abelló i Soler. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q724083 · wikipedia · Montserrat Abelló i Soler
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Montserrat Abelló i Soler • Born — 1 February 1918 • Died — 9 September 2014 • Place of death — Barcelona • Birthplace — Tarragona • Birth Name — Montserrat Abelló i Soler • Years Active — 1963–2014 • Occupation — Poet, translator
English to Catalan
English to Catalan
A graduate in English philology, Abelló i Soler has produced a number of notable translations into Catalan of English writers and poets including: • Sylvia Plath • Dylan Thomas • E.M. Forster • Iris Murdoch • Mohsen Emadi
Catalan to English
Catalan to English
Abelló i Soler has also produced translations from Catalan to English of writers including: • Salvador Espriu • Mercè Rodoreda • Maria Àngels Anglada • Maria Mercè Marçal • Olga Xirinacs Díaz
Written works
Written works
Abelló i Soler has also written a number of books of poetry: • Vida diària ("Daily life") (1963) • Vida diària: Paraules no dites ("Daily Life: Words not said") (1981) • El blat del temps ("The Wheat of Time") (1986) • Foc a les mans ("Fire in Hand") (1990) • L’arrel de l’aigua ("The Root of Water") (1995) • Son màscares que m’emprovo ("Masks of Sleep that I Try") (1995) • Dins l’esfera del temps ("In the Sphere of Time") (1998) which won the Gold Critica Serra prize in 1999. • Asseguda escrivint ("Seated Writing") (2004) • Memoria de tu i de mi ("Memories of You and Me") (2006) In 2002, her poetry was compiled in Al cor de les paraules: obra poètica 1963-2002 ("In the Heart of Words: Poetic Works 1963-2002"), which in 2003 won several Catalan literary prizes. She has also contributed to anthologies of writing and poetry: • Cares a la finestra: 20 dones poetes de parla anglesa del segle XX ("Faces in the Window: 20 English Women Poets of the 20th century") (1993) • Cartografies del desig: Quinze escriptores i el seu món ("Cartography of Desire: Fifteen writers and their world") (1998) • Memoria de l’aigua: Onze escriptores i el seu món ("Memories of Water: Eleven writers and their world") (1999) • Paisatge emergent ("Emergent Landscape") (1999).
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Montserrat Abello i Soler. Her recorded languages were Catalan, Spanish and English. She married Joan Bofill i Tauler. One child is recorded: Miquel Bofill i Abelló.
Mural al carrer Camp d'Urgell de Manresa de Montserrat Abelló.
Josep Xicota
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1918
Montserrat Abelló i Soler was born on 1 February 1918.
2014
Montserrat Abelló i Soler died on 9 September 2014.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Tarragona.
Birth place
Barcelona.
Death place
Recognition and collections
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Montserrat Abelló i Soler received Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes, Saint George's Cross and Jaume Fuster Award.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Montserrat Abelló i Soler”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q724083: Montserrat Abelló i Soler
Unverified · Wikidata
Awards
• "Creu de Sant Jordi" (the Cross of Saint George) for her work as a translator (1998). • "Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes" (Catalan Letters Lifetime Achievement Award) (2008).
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana, 2008
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedauthority record
Unverified
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 15 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,960 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Montagu SlaterAuthor
- Montague SummersAuthor
- Monte CookAuthor
- Monteiro LobatoAuthor
- Montserrat VayredaAuthor
- Monty ReidAuthor
- Monzur-I-MowlaAuthor
- MoojiAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Montserrat Abelló i Soler?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.