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Maria del Mar Bonet is a singer-songwriter and musician, born on April 27, 1947 in Palma, Spain. Maria del Mar Bonet is 79 years old as of 2026. Awards on record include Saint George's Cross (1984), Ramon Llull Award (1999), Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia (2007) and 5 more.
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.
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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)
- Origin
- Palma, Spain
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / musician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
2. Background
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. Links
- Official sitehttps://mariadelmarbonet.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20del%20Mar%20Bonet
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237042
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Maria del Mar Bonet born?
Born April 27, 1947 (age 79).
Where is Maria del Mar Bonet from?
Maria del Mar Bonet is from Palma, Spain.
What does Maria del Mar Bonet do?
Maria del Mar Bonet works as singer-songwriter, musician.
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