Sofía Ímber
Sofía Ímber Barú (born May 8, 1924 in Soroca , Kingdom of Romania , † February 20, 2017 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan journalist , philanthropist and art patron of Romanian descent.
biography
Ímber was born in 1924 to the Jews Naum Ímber and Ana Barú in Soroca, a city in what is now Moldova . Her family emigrated to Venezuela in 1930 when she was four. She studied at the Universidad de los Andes . She was the founder of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas . She promoted the singing career of Soledad Bravo .
Her sister was Lya Imber , who became the first woman in Venezuela to graduate in medicine. Sofía Ímber had four children Sara, Adriana, Daniela and Pedro Guillermo. In 1944 she married the writer Guillermo Meneses . She later married the diplomat Carlos Rangel .
She died of heart failure in Caracas at the age of 92 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sofía Ímber in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ last.fam: Biografía de Soledad Bravo
- ↑ Chavez, Matisse, and the Heist That Shook the Americas , Miami New Times . Accessed March 8, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Falleció Sofía Imber, ícono cultural de Venezuela . El Nuevo Herald . Retrieved March 8, 2017. (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ímber, Sofía |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barú, Sofía Ímber |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan journalist, philanthropist and cultural promoter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soroca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 2017 |
| Place of death | Caracas |