The Song of Youth

About Montserrat Roig

Montserrat Roig i Fransitorra (Barcelona June 13 1946 - November 10 1991) was a Catalan writer of novels short stories and articles. In 1970 Roig won the Victor Catala prize for Molta roba i poc sabo... i tan neta que la volen a compilation of short stories and began to dedicate herself to writing literature. She began a literary cycle composed of works such as Ramona adeu (1972) which portrays three generations of women - grandmother mother and daughter - who live their own stories with key moments in Catalan history as a background or El temps de les cireres (1977) starring the same characters for which Roig received the Premi Sant Jordi de novel*la in 1976. She later published L''opera quotidiana (1982) La veu melodiosa (1987) and a compilation of short stories with the title El cant de la joventut (1989). The last of her publications was Digues que m''estimes encara que sigui mentida (1991) where she conveys personal poetry as a literary will. Montserrat Roig was a member of the Association of Catalan Language Writers (Associacio d''Escriptors en Llengua Catalana) and vice-president of its Junta Territorial del Principat de Catalunya (Territorial Committee of the Catalan Principality) (1989-1990). She worked as a lecturer in Catalan and Spanish at the University of Bristol England during the academic year 1972-1973. From January to April 1983 she taught Catalan history and creative writing at the Department of Hispanic and Latin American Studies of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Scotland by invitation of the Carnegie Foundation. From January to June 1990 she taught twentieth-century Spanish literature and creative writing at the University of Arizona.