Mercedes Salisachs
Mercedes Salisachs Roviralta (18 September 1916 – 8 May 2014) was a Spanish writer and novelist. She began her career when she was a teenager and published more than thirty five novels. She wrote and published her last novel in 2013 at the age of 97. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
Biography[]
Salisachs was born in Barcelona, Spain.
In 1956, she won the City of Barcelona Prize with the work . In 1983, she won the Ateneo de Sevilla prize for her work and in 2004, she won the Fernando Lara Novel Award for her work .[1]
Salisachs died in Barcelona from natural causes, aged 97.[2] She is survived by four children and many grandchildren.
References[]
- ^ Machio, Salome (15 May 2004). "Mercedes Salisachs obtiene el Premio de Novela Fernando Lara" [Mercedes Salisachs Receives the Fernando Lara Novel Award]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Muere a los 97 años Mercedes Salisachs". 9 May 2014.
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