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Mercè Canela

b. 1956

Spanish translator and writer

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About Mercè Canela

Born 1956. Mercè Canela is a Spanish writer, librarian, translator, children's writer and young adult author.

Mercè Canela (born 1956, Sant Guim de Freixenet, la Segarra) is a Catalan writer and translator.

She studied archaeology in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where she worked as a librarian later before she went to Brussels to work as a documentalist in the European Union.

She started writing when she was very young, and she considers herself basically a writer. In 1976, the publishing house La Galera published one of her books for teenagers De qui és el bosc?, and she won the Josep M. Folch i Torres award with L'escarabat verd. She published several children's and teenagers' novels later and she has won several prizes for them. In 1984, she was included in the Honour List of IBBY with Asperú, joglar embruixat.

She has translated to Catalan several works in German, French and Italian. Besides, she published: Un passeig pel Poble Espanyol (Beta, Barcelona, 1998), a book which explains the history of Poble Espanyol, in Montjuïc, in Barcelona. In 1980, she was a member of Cavall Fort magazine, where she is director since 1998. She is also director in El Tatano publications.

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Important facts

Born
1956, Sant Guim de Freixenet
Birth century
Nationality
Education
Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Barcelona
Positions held
Director
Awards
Premio Vaixell de Vapor
Also known as
Merce Canela

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Mercè Canela's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mercè Canela?

Spanish translator and writer

When was Mercè Canela born?

Mercè Canela was born in 1956 in Sant Guim de Freixenet.

What is Mercè Canela's occupation?

Mercè Canela is a writer, librarian, translator, children's writer and young adult author.

What nationality is Mercè Canela?

Mercè Canela is Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mercè Canela

· Wikidata: Q2735643

· DBpedia: Mercè Canela

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