Magdalena Mouján
Magdalena Araceli Mouján Otaño (born March 26, 1926 in Pehuajó , Province of Buenos Aires , Argentina , † July 17, 2005 in Mar del Plata ) was an Argentine mathematician , computer scientist and science fiction author.
Life and research
Mouján studied mathematics at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and received her doctorate there in 1950. She then taught at five universities in Argentina, the Catholic University of La Plata , the National University of Cordoba , the National University of Comahue and the National University of Luján. In 1960 she was one of the founders of the Faculty of Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the Catholic University of Argentina. In the 1960s she joined the National Atomic Energy Commission and began using the Clementina computer, the first scientific computer in Argentina , at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . She supported the construction of the RA-1 Enrico Fermi nuclear reactor with her calculations . In 1966, after the coup of General Juan Carlos Onganía , she left the university. A few years later she returned to teaching.
Science fiction writer
Mouján began writing science fiction stories under the pseudonym "Inge Matquim" in the early 1960s. In 1968, her science fiction story Los Huáqueros won first prize at the Argentine science fiction convention Mardelcon. Pedro Mari Otaño , her maternal grandfather, was a famous Basque poet and immigrated to Argentina. In 1899 he wrote the poem Gu ta Gutarrak , in which he asked about the origin of the Basque language and the Basque people. In 1968, Mouján answered the questions asked in her grandfather's verses through a science fiction story of the same title. The story was accepted for an issue of the Spanish science fiction magazine Nueva Dimensión in 1970, but since it contradicted the ideals of Spanish unity, publication was blocked by the Franco regime . After Franco's death, the story was translated into several languages and published in 1979.
Web links
- Magdalena Mouján Otaño: matemáticas y ciencia ficción
- Magdalena Mouján (1926-2005): Argentinako matematikari gutarra
- Chronology of Latin American Science Fiction, 1775-2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mouján, Magdalena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mouján Otaño, Magdalena Araceli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pehuajó , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 2005 |
| Place of death | Mar del Plata , Argentina |