| Anahí Lazzaroni | |
| Birth Name: | Anahí Mónica Lazzaroni |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1957 |
| Birth Place: | La Plata, Argentina |
| Death Place: | Ushuaia, Argentine |
| Nationality: | Argentinian |
| Occupation: | Poet and writer |
Anahí Mónica Lazzaroni (La Plata, August 30, 1957 – Ushuaia, March 27, 2019) was an Argentine poet.
Anahí Lazzaroni was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina in 1957. In 1966, she and her family moved to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, where she lived and worked all her life. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a lawyer.[1] Her sister, Alicia Lazzaroni, is a writer and journalist who is also involved in Ushuaian cultural art, having written a play based on historical letters from the Ushuaia Prison.[2]
Lazzaroni had achondroplasia, and in the last twenty years of her life suffered from chronic bone pain.[3] Her struggles with illness later in life meant that she did not travel much, but Lazzaroni was strongly connected to the Argentine artistic community, particularly in Ushuaia, and was close to people like poets and Florencia Lobo, and the poet Francisco Squeo Acuña, to whom she dedicated her poem Diciembre 1990.
Lazzaroni died on March 27, 2019.[4]
When she was 19 years old, Lazzaroni took part in a workshop with Ana Emilia Lahitte on Contemporary Argentine Poetry, and has said that this experience connected her with Argentine poetry, with one of her favorite poets being Alejandra Pizarnik.
Lazzaroni began publishing her poetry when she was 20, starting with Viernes de acrílico (1977). From 1986 to 1994 she co-founded and directed the magazine Aldea, which published on a variety of topics related to the history of Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia, including literary topics and anthropology, sociology, and geography.[5] Her poems are considered to be among the work of artists in the Patagonia Argentina region.
Throughout her career, Lazzaroni collaborated with newspapers and publications all over Argentina, internationally, and online. Her poems have been translated into Italian, Portuguese, English, French, Korean and Catalan.
Lazzaroni was inspired by Japanese poetry, especially haikus, as well as Fuegian philosophy. In her poetry, she wrote about her neighborhood in Ushuaia, social issues, Ushuaian history, the natural world, and her experience with pain.[6]
This library was named after Lazzaroni after her passing. It is located in the Bahía Golondrina ("Monte Galliner") neighborhood of Ushuaia, Argentina. The Anahí Lazzaroni Popular Library ("Biblioteca Popular Anahí Lazzaroni" in Spanish) is run by the Ushuaia anda Leyendo Civil Association. Its mission is to support education and culture within its community by taking inspiration from Lazzaroni's work and legacy.