Elvira Orphée

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Elvira Orphée (born May 29, 1930 in San Miguel de Tucumán , † April 26, 2018 ) was an Argentine writer .

Career

Orphée came as teenagers to Buenos Aires and studied at the University of Literature.

She married the painter Miguel Ocampo , with whom she had three daughters. In 1956 her husband was appointed to the diplomatic service by Eduardo Lonardi and sent to Rome . She accompanied him and soon made the acquaintance of Italo Calvino , Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia . In 1959 she returned to Argentina with her husband. In 1961 she accompanied her husband to Paris for five years .

As early as 1956, Orphée made a very successful debut with her first novel “Dos incos”.

Works (selection)

Novels
  • Aire tan dulce . Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1966.
  • Dos induos . Buenos Aires 1956.
  • En el fondo . Editorial Galerna, Buenos Aires 1969.
  • Su demonio preferido . Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires 1973.
  • La muerte y los desencuentros . Fraterna Editores, Buenos Aires 1989, ISBN 950-714-002-6 .
  • La última conquista de El Ángel . Vergara, Buenos Aires 1984, ISBN 950-15-0361-5 .
  • Uno . General Fabril Editora, Buenos Aires 1961.
stories
  • Ciego del cielo . Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires 1991, ISBN 950-04-1016-8 .
  • Las viejas fantasiosas . Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires 1981.

Honors

  • 1967 - 2nd Municipal Prize for her novel “Aire tan dulce”.
  • 1969 - 1st Premio Municipal for her novel "En el fondo".

literature

  • Gwendolyn Díaz: Women and Power in Argentine Literature. Stories, Interviews and Critical Essays. University of Texas Press, Austin TX 2007, ISBN 978-0-292-71649-0 ( Texas Pan-American Literature in Translation Series ).
  • Edgardo Moctezuma: Para mirar lejos antes de entrar: Los usos del poder en "Aire tan dulce" de Elvira Orphee . In: Revista Iberoamericana. Vol. 49, No. 125, 1983, ISSN  0034-9631 , pp. 929-942, online (PDF; 914 KB) .
  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-518-40485-7 , pp. 98-99.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Murió la escritora Elvira Orphée, cultora de un renovado discurso poético. In: lacapitalmdp.com. April 27, 2018, Retrieved April 28, 2018 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Orphée, Elvira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH San Miguel de Tucuman
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2018