Ester Cosani Explained

Ester Cosani
Birth Name:Ester Cosani Sologuren
Birth Date:24 December 1914
Birth Place:Arica, Chile
Death Date:March 2001 (aged 86)
Death Place:Concepción, Chile
Occupation:Writer, illustrator

Ester Cosani Sologuren (24 December 1914 – March 2001) was a Chilean writer and illustrator. Using the nickname Rita Cosani,[1] she became known as one of the leaders of early children's literature in Chile through her works which were published in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[2] [3]

Career

Cosani's work as a cartoonist began for the magazine El Colegial.[4] She later participated in drafting the charter of the Chilean Drawing Alliance, which she signed in 1941, along with illustrators Carmen Eysaud, Elizabeth Wilkens, and . In 1951 she was awarded the Director's Prize of the National Theater for her work La casa de las ratas. She also narrated a children's radio program named La cajita de música.[4]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cosani Ester . Qué de Libros . Spanish . 4 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005053724/https://www.quedelibros.com/autor/27108/Cosani-Ester.html . 5 October 2017 . dead .
  2. Web site: Breve historia de la literatura infantil chilena . Brief history of Chilean Children's Literature . Peña Muñoz . Manuel . Lectura Viva . Spanish . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111116062058/http://www.lecturaviva.cl/lecturav_wp/?p=639 . 16 November 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Literatura infantil chilena (1821–2002) . Chilean Children's Literature (1821–2002) . . Spanish . 3 October 2017.
  4. Book: Peña Muñoz, Manuel . Historia de la literatura infantil chilena . History of Chilean Children's Literature . Entre 1940 y 1945. Autores y titulos . Between 1940 and 1945. Authors and Titles . Andrés Bello . Santiago . 56–61 . Spanish . 1982 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Mujeres e Historieta en Chile . Women and Comics in Chile . García . Mauricio . ErgoComics . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20050319084312/http://www.ergocomics.cl/sitio/index.php?idele=20040331223252 . 19 March 2005 . dead . 4 October 2017.

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