Margalida Bover Explained

Margalida Bover i Vadell (Felanitx, 1953) is a Mallorcan feminist and environmentalist,^[1] known for being the last partner of Salvador Puig i Antich, the last Catalan to be executed by Francoist Spain. dedicated the song A Margalida to her in 1976.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Margalida was the second of eight sisters and four brothers. Before the age of seventeen, she left home and went to live in a commune in Ibiza. After a few years, she went to live in Mataró.^[4] Puig Antich and Margalida Bover met at the beginning of 1973, and he was executed in March 1974, after five months of confinement in the Model prison in Barcelona. Margalida went to live in the Canary Islands, returning for a short time to Barcelona before finally returning to live in Mallorca. She did not publicly reappear until thirty years later, when the journalists Constança Amengual and Francesca Mas premiered, on 27 July 2022 at the Sala Rívoli in Palma,^[5] a documentary that told her story, as part of the Mallorca Atlàntida Film Fest.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margalida Bover: «Lo más triste fue que la izquierda no pidió el indulto de Puig Antich». 22 July 2021. Raquel. Galán. Diario de Mallorca. es.
2. Web site: Salvador Puig i Antich, un record cada vegada més viu. dBalears. 2 March 2022. 22 April 2023. ca.
3. Web site: Margalida Bover: “Per mi, Salvador Puig Antich va morir dues vegades”. Martí. Gelabert. VilaWeb. 21 July 2022. 22 April 2023. ca.
4. Web site: Margalida Bover: "Sa primera vegada que me van dir que era anarquista tenia 9 anys". Gemma. Tramullas. 5 March 2019. 22 April 2023. El Periódico de Catalunya. ca.
5. Web site: Margalida Bover, el amor de Salvador Puig Antich, rompe 30 años de silencio en un documental. Clara. Ferrer. 28 July 2022. 22 April 2023. Última Hora. es.