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From 1961 to 1964, she studied at the Escola d'Art Dramàtic Adrià Gual (Adrià Gual School of
Dramatic Arts), appearing as an actress in multiple productions. She earned a degree in philosophy and letters from the University of Barcelona in 1968 and a doctorate in 1970.
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She began her schooling in 1951 at the Col·legi Mari del Diví Pastor, also on Bailén Street. At the age of 13, she enrolled at the
Institut Montserrat, where she completed her pre-university education.
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journalism and recover the historical memory of her country. She gained popularity as an interviewer, both in print and on television, first contributing to the magazine
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neighborhood, the sixth of seven children of lawyer and writer Tomàs Roig i Llop and Albina
Fransitorra. She was born and lived most of her life on Bailén Street.
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From 1984 to 1989 she was a daily columnist for El Periódico, and from
September 1990 until her death she contributed regularly to the Catalan-language newspaper
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was published the day before her death. Montserrat Roig died in
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Montserrat Roig was a feminist and a
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229:(1972), which portrays three generations of women – grandmother, mother and daughter – who live their own stories with key moments in
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Contemporary
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237:(1977), starring the same characters, for which Roig received the "Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la" in 1976.
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with interviews later published in 1975 and 1976 as a series of books titled
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Montserrat Roig was a member of the
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259:(1991), where she conveys personal poetry as a literary will.
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