She was the voice of exile via her numerous publications.
A writer, journalist and anti-fascist activist, she was exiled for more than three decades. She was the author of novels, journals, essays, articles and reports. Her engagement with politics began at a young age. At 16 she founded the National Alliance of Young Women and participated in a rally alongside Lluís Companys and Federica Montseny, and in 1937 she joined the Unified Socialist Youth of Catalonia. During the Civil War, she continued her activism by supporting the front and seeking international allies to support the Republic.
Before going into exile, she witnessed the republicans who had been wounded in the war being removed from the Hospital de Vallcarca before Franco’s troops arrived. She recounted this event and many others that she experienced in the war and exile in works like Quan erem Capitans and Gent del meu exili.
At the age of 20, she went into exile first in France and later in Mexico, where she studied journalism. From exile, she contributed to magazines like Serra d’Or and Oriflama and wrote works likeTestament a Praga, which won her the Josep Pla award. She returned to Barcelona for the first time to collect this award in 1971.
In recognition of her career, she was awarded different distinctions like the Gold Medal of Artistic Merit from Barcelona City Council in1997 and the Catalan Literary Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
A writer, journalist and anti-fascist activity, during her 30 years in exile, she published novels, journals, essays, articles and reports. She returned to Catalonia with a visa to receive the Josep Pla award in 1971.