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Eva Forest

Spanish publisher and writer (1928-2007) · Spain · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

Genoveva Forest Tarrat was a Spanish far-left activist, writer and prisoner. Born into an anarchist family in Barcelona, she studied medicine in Madrid. During the 1970s, she supported the Basque terrorist organization ETA in their resistance to the government of dictator Francisco Franco.

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From 1974 to 1977, she was imprisoned for complicity in the Cafetería Rolando bombing (1974), which killed 13 people in Madrid. After Spain's transition to democracy, she served a term as a senator from 1992 until 1993. The wife of the Spanish writer Alfonso Sastre, she died in May 2007.

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Spain
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1928 to 2007 · aged 79

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