She was a literary agent known for her efforts in favour of copyright and is considered the mastermind behind the rise in Latin American literature. She represented universal authors such as the Nobel Prize winners Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Pablo Neruda and Camilo José Cela, as well as other renowned authors such as Julio Cortázar, Rosa Montero, Terenci Moix and Isabel Allende. She also promoted the translations of numerous international literary works, especially English-language ones, into Spanish. In 2005 she was awarded an honorary degree by the UBA, and in 2006 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi (St George’s Cross) from the Catalan Government. Today the square in front of the Gabriel García Márquez Library, in the Sant Martí de Provençals neighbourhood, is named after her.

Her literary agency continues to operate at Avinguda Diagonal, 580, very close to the L5 Diagonal metro station.

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Santa Fe de Segarra 1930 – Barcelona 2015 ID 9252

She was a literary agent known for her efforts in favour of copyright and is considered the mastermind behind the rise in Latin American literature. She promoted translations into Spanish of numerous international literary works.