Mercedes Salisachs Roviralta was a Spanish writer and novelist. She began her career when she was a teenager and published more than thirty five novels. She wrote and published her last novel in 2013 at the age of 97. Salisachs was born in Barcelona, Spain. In 1956, she won the City of Barcelona Prize with the work A Woman Comes to Town. In 1983, she won the Ateneo de Sevilla prize for his work Lack Volume and in 2004, she won an award with Fernando Lara for her work The Last Maze. Salisachs died in Barcelona from natural causes, aged 97. She is survived by four children and many grandchildren. [More at Wikipedia]

September 18th, 1916 in (Age 108)