Rosa Maria Arquimbau (Barcelona, 1909-1992) was a writer, journalist, feminist and suffragist. She is widely considered to be one of the major female novelists of 1930s Catalonia. President of the Front únic feminí esquerrista, Arquimbau did not divide her political and literary interests, writing articles for numerous publications that commented on the changes women were pushing for at the time. Her novel Forty Lost Years is certainly no different, providing a feminist lens on a politically fraught Barcelona.

• Forty Lost Years