Victoria Ocampo | |
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 Victoria Ocampo photographed by Gisèle Freund in 1939. | |
| Born | Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo 7 April 1890 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 27 January 1979 (aged 88) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
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Victoria Ocampo (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual.
She was the founder and director of Sur, one of the most important literary journals in the history of Latin America.
In 1967, she became the tenth woman to receive an honorary degree from Harvard University in its then 330-year history.[1]
Life and career
edit1890–1920: Early life
edit1920–1940: Writing career
edit1940–1979: Final years
editReferences
edit- ^ Ocampo 1999, p. vii.
Bibliography
edit- Ocampo, Victoria (1999). Victoria Ocampo: Writer, Feminist, Woman of the World. Translated and anottated by Patricia Owen Steiner. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826320049. Retrieved 2 March 2024 – via The Internet Archive.
External links
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