Montserrat Abelló i Soler

• 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

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

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

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).

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.