Marta Pessarrodona

(Terrasa, Vallès Occidental, 1941) is a Catalan poet, narrator and literary critic. She has also cultivated the essay and the biographical genre. She is the author of books such as Primers dies de 1968 (1968), Setembre 30 (prologued by Gabriel Ferrater, 1969), Vida privada (1972), Memòria (1979), A favor meu, nostre (1981), Tria de poemes (1994) i L’amor a Barcelona (1998). In 2007 an anthology of her work was published: Poemes: 1969-2007: Antologia. In 1997 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia.