Maria Mercè Marçal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Mercè Marçal

Spanish poet, professor, writer and translator

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1952

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1998

Profession: writer, poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra (November 13, 1952 – July 5, 1998) was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator. She spent her childhood in Ivars d'Urgell (Pla d'Urgell).
She went to high-school in Lleida and studied Literature at the University of Barcelona.
In 1972 she was driven by circumstances to marry the poet Ramon Pinyol Balasch.
They separated some time afterwards. She translated into Catalan books by Colette, Marguerite Yourcenar, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Baudelaire and Leonor Fini. Marina Rossell, Teresa Rebull, Ramon Muntaner, Txiqui Berraondo, Maria del Mar Bonet, Celdoni Fonoll and Gisela Bellsolà sing her poems.
She died of cancer aged 45.