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Henriette Morvan

Enriqueta Peptitpas Cotton (born 1900;[2][3] year of death unknown), better known as Henriette Morvan or Damita Duende, was a Chilean journalist, writer, and editor.[4] Associated with the genres of children's and young adult literature, she wrote and compiled related stories.[5][6][7]

Henriette Morvan
Born
Enriqueta Peptitpas Cotton

1900 (1900)
Santiago, Chile
Other namesDamita Duende
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer, editor
Children
  • Martha Morvan Petitpas
  • Nora Morvan Petitpas[1]

Career

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Beginning in the 1930s, children's literature became prominent in Chile.[8] In this context, Henriette Morvan established herself as one of the leaders of the genre, with publications such as Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes and Doce cuentos de hadas, both from 1938.[9] She was linked to other authors of the time, such as Ernesto Montenegro with his 1930 work Cuentos de mi Tío Ventura,[9] Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa with her compilations of myths and legends (beginning in 1929), and Marta Brunet with Cuentos para Marisol (also published in 1938).[8]

Together with Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa and her sister Elvira, Morvan was one of the main collectors and disseminators of children's literature in Chile in the late 1930s and 1940s.[7][10] In addition, her work is included in a group of authors "whose main concern was to educate by more didactic methods," among whom was Ester Cosani.[8] In the late 1930s she began a series of contributions to the magazine Zig-Zag [es] as part of a collection titled "Damita Duente" – her pseudonym from then on – which included a compilation of legends and fables.[7]

She edited several magazines, such as Campeón (1937) and El Cabrito (1945).[11] In addition, she wrote for various publications in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba.[3]

Works

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  • Manual de cocina (1938)
  • Sume: Leyenda brasileña (1939)
  • El héroe de Lepanto (1948, essay)
  • Boomerang (1957, novel)
  • La Cenicienta: cuento de Grimm (own version, Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943)
  • Cuentos para ti, Nena (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1941)
  • El mago de Oz: versión autorizada y basada en la película de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
  • El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
  • Cuentos infantiles en verso (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
  • Los doce milagros (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
  • El milagro de los ojos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • Blanca nieves y los siete enanitos ("Cinesca" version; Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1937)

Doce Cuentos series

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  • Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • Doce cuentos de hadas (1938)
  • Doce Cuentos de Gigantes y enanos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
  • Doce cuentos de Navidad (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
  • Doce Cuentos de encantamiento (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
  • Doce Cuentos de la abuela (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • Doce cuentos de oro y plata (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • Doce Cuentos del mar (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
  • Doce Cuentos de animales (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
  • Doce Cuentos de juguetes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943)
  • Doce cuentos de recreo y deportes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1944)

References

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  1. ^ Peña Muñoz, Manuel (1994). Alas para la infancia: fundamentos de literatura infantil [Wings For Children: Fundamentals of Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria. p. 211. ISBN 9789561111141. Retrieved 3 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Zegers B., Pedro Pablo; Schütte G., Daniela (2003). Cartas salidas del silencio [Letters Out of Silence] (in Spanish). LOM Ediciones. p. 154. ISBN 9789562825795. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Szmulewicz, Efraín (1977). Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena [Dictionary of Chilean Literature] (in Spanish). Santiago: Andrés Bello. p. 273. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Lamperein, Lina Vera; Vieira, Ana María; Molina, Paz (2008). Presencia femenina en la literatura nacional: una trayectoria apasionante, 1750–2005 [Female Presence in Natural Literature: An Exciting Career (1750–2005)] (in Spanish). Editorial Semejanza. p. 114. ISBN 9789567590469.
  5. ^ Peña Muñoz, Manuel (1 January 1997). Había una vez...en América: literatura infantil de América Latina [Once Upon a Time...In America: Latin American Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Dolmen Ediciones. p. 376. ISBN 9789562013291. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Cabel, Jesús (1984). Literatura infantil y juvenil en nuestra América [Children's and Young Adult Literature in Our America] (in Spanish). Centro de Investigación de la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil del Perú. p. 64. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b c Peña Muñoz, Manuel (1982). Historia de la literatura infantil chilena [History of Chilean Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Santiago: Andrés Bello. p. 31. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b c "Literatura infantil chilena (1821–2002)" [Chilean Children's Literature (1821–2002)]. Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. ^ a b Peña Muñoz, Manuel. "Breve historia de la literatura infantil chilena" [Brief history of Chilean Children's Literature]. Lectura Viva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. ^ Uribe, Verónica; Delon, Marianne (1984). Panorama de la literatura infantil en América Latina [Overview of Children's Literature in Latin America] (in Spanish). Banco del Libro. p. 153.
  11. ^ Klimpel Alvarado, Felícitas (1962). La Mujer Chilena: El Aporte Femenino Al Progreso de Chile, 1910–1960 [The Chilean Woman: The Female Contribution to the Progress of Chile, 1910–1960] (in Spanish). Andrés Bello.
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