Juana de ibarburu biography in english
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Ibarbourou, Juana de (1892–1979)
Juana de Ibarbourou (Juana Fernández Morales; b. 8 March 1892; d. 1979), Uruguayan poet and fiction writer.
Juana de ibarburu biography in english
Born in Melo, she was educated in a convent and later in the public-school system. In 1914 she married Captain Lucas Ibarbourou, with whom she had a child. In 1918 they moved to Montevideo, where she began to publish her poems in the literary section of La Razón.
Her poems were so well received that the prestigious Argentine magazine Caras y Caretas dedicated an issue to her.
Juana de ibarburu biography in english language
Las lenguas de diamante was published in 1919 by the Argentine writer Manuel Gálvez, then director of Editorial Buenos Aires.
Her poetry was first conceived within the modernist aesthetic, but with less ornamental language.
Raíz salvaje (Wild Root, 1922) and El cántaro fresco (Fresh Pitcher, 1920) offer a more intimate tone, with themes of love, life, and the sensual pleasure of being alive. In 1929 the title of "Juana de America" was officially bestowed u