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Maria del Mar Bonet

マリーア・デル・マール・ボネット　/　まりーあ・でる・まーる・ぼねっと

Singer-songwriter from Spain

April 27, 1947 (age 79)　・　Palma, Spain

singer-songwriter
musician

My Take

Bonet earns my deep respect not just as a singer but as a cultural standard-bearer. Born in Mallorca in 1947, she built her life singing in Catalan, and the honors confirm it: Saint George's Cross, the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, the National Culture Award of Catalonia. Those aren't ordinary pop accolades; they're a region thanking someone for safeguarding its voice. To sing in your mother tongue during eras when that was itself an act of pride takes conviction most performers never need. I'm drawn to artists whose work doubles as preservation, and her Mediterranean-rooted catalog is exactly that kind of quietly heroic body of work.

Overview

Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer (Balearic Catalan: [məˈɾi.ə ðəl ˈma boˈnət]; born 1947) is a Spanish singer.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Maria del Mar Bonet
Name (Japanese): マリーア・デル・マール・ボネット
Reading: まりーあ・でる・まーる・ぼねっと
Born: April 27, 1947 (age 79)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Boar
Origin: Palma, Spain
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer-songwriter / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1984 Saint George's Cross
1999 Ramon Llull Award
2007 Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia
2009 honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida
2011 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
2017 Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands Community
2018 Premi Martí Gasull i Roig - especial del jurat
2020 National Culture Award of Catalonia

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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