Ana María Moix

Ana María Moix (12 April 1947 – 28 February 2014) was a Spanish poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and editor. A member of the Novísimos, she was the younger sister of the writer, Terenci Moix.

Moix was born in Barcelona and studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona. Active in contemporary Spanish poetry, she gained notability by being the only woman included in 1968 by José María Castellet in the Novísimos. From 1969 to 1973, she published three books of poetry. Later, she stopped publishing fiction for more than ten years, except for the children's book Los robots. Her second book of short stories won the 1985 City of Barcelona Award, after which she published another novel and two collections of short stories. Moix translated dozens of books, mainly from French. From 1976 to 1979, she was part of the team that published the journal, Vindicación Feminista. Moix was able to employ textual strategies "in order to counter the silencing of lesbianism while still managing to evade the Francoist censor".

Moix was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2006. She died in Barcelona in 2014 at the age 66, a victim of cancer.

Selected works

Poetry Baladas del dulce Jim, 1969 Call me Stone, 1969 No time for flowers y otras historias, 1971 A imagen y semejanza, 1983

Prose

Julia, 1970 Ese chico pelirrojo a quien veo cada día, 1971 Walter ¿por qué te fuiste?, 1973 La maravillosa colina de las edades primitivas, 1973 Veinticuatro por veinticuatro, 1973 Mara Girona: una pintura en libertad, 1977 Los robots. Las penas, 1982 Las virtudes peligrosas, 1985 Miguelón, 1986 La niebla y otros relatos, 1988 Vals negro, 1994 El baix Llobregat, 29 municipis i un riu. Barcelona, 1995 Extraviadas ilustres, 1996 24 horas con la Gauche divine, 2002 El querido rincón, 2002 De mi vida real nada sé, 2002

Essay Manifiesto personal, 2011