![]() ![]() And to my father, a passion for culture.’Īnother important figure from her childhood was her aunt Mercè, her mother’s sister and her godmother, who lived and worked in Barcelona and decided not to marry. As Maria-Mercè Marçal herself later wrote: ‘To my mother, I owe the meaning, the richness of language. Her father, Antoni Marçal, who had to abandon a degree in architecture for family reasons, always encouraged both his daughters to study and to appreciate culture. Her mother, Maria Serra, loved the theatre and music she knew hundreds of songs, and whenever she could, she got the local children together and put on performances and dances. ![]() ![]() She always remembered her beginnings: a rural life surrounded by her family. Until the age of ten, she lived in Ivars d’Urgell (Pla d’Urgell), which she considered her home. Maria-Mercè Marçal was born on 13 November 1952, by circumstance in Barcelona. ![]()
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