Aurora Bertrana

Aurora Bertrana i Salazar (October 29, 1892, Girona – September 3, 1974, Berga, Barcelona) was a Catalan cellist and writer, notable for her exotic stories and novels.

In 1935, she moved alone to Morocco to study Muslim women, visiting harems, brothels and prisons, after which she wrote Sensual Marroc i Fanatic.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, she returned to Barcelona, where she served as the editor of Companya, the women's magazine of the Catalan party.

[2] In the 1970s, the book became a film starring Joan Manuel Serrat titled La larga agonía de los peces fuera del agua.

[4] The DUGIFons Especials at the University of Girona contains a comprehensive online collection of published and unpublished documents relating to the life and works of Aurora Bertrana.