Olga Xirinacs Díaz

Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936) is a Spanish writer and piano teacher.

Xirinacs often writes in the daily press: her articles have been published in La Vanguardia, Avui, and Foc Nou, amongst others.

She has given narrative courses in the Aula de Lletres and in Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University.

Some of her books have won prestigious Catalan literature awards, including the Sant Jordi,[1] Sant Joan, Josep Pla, Ramon Llull[2] and the Carles Riba prizes.

She is the only female "Mestra en Gai Saber" (Master in the Art of Poetry) of the Jocs Florals (Literary Contest) after Mercè Rodoreda Gurgui.