Mercedes Salisachs

Mercedes Salisachs Roviralta (1916-2014) was a prolific Spanish novelist who published over 35 books, beginning her career as a teenager and continuing until age 97. Spanish. Her most notable work, La gangrena (1975), which won the prestigious Premio Planeta and was inspired by the tragic death of her son, along with other acclaimed novels like El volumen de la ausencia (Ateneo de Sevilla Prize, 1983) and El último laberinto (Fernando Lara Novel Award, 2004), established her as one of Spain's most successful contemporary authors. Spanish.