Henriette Morvan Explained

Henriette Morvan
Birth Name:	Enriqueta Peptitpas Cotton
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Other Names:	Damita Duende
Occupation:	Journalist, writer, editor

Enriqueta Peptitpas Cotton (born 1900;^{[1] [2]} year of death unknown), better known as Henriette Morvan or Damita Duende, was a Chilean journalist, writer, and editor.^[3] Associated with the genres of children's and young adult literature, she wrote and compiled related stories.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Career

Beginning in the 1930s, children's literature became prominent in Chile.^[7] In this context, Henriette Morvan established herself as one of the leaders of the genre, with publications such as Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes and Doce cuentos de hadas, both from 1938.^[8] She was linked to other authors of the time, such as Ernesto Montenegro with his 1930 work Cuentos de mi Tío Ventura,^[8] Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa with her compilations of myths and legends (beginning in 1929), and Marta Brunet with Cuentos para Marisol (also published in 1938).^[7]

Together with Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa and her sister Elvira, Morvan was one of the main collectors and disseminators of children's literature in Chile in the late 1930s and 1940s.^{[6] [9]} In addition, her work is included in a group of authors "whose main concern was to educate by more didactic methods," among whom was Ester Cosani.^[7] In the late 1930s she began a series of contributions to the magazine as part of a collection titled "Damita Duente" – her pseudonym from then on – which included a compilation of legends and fables.^[6]

She edited several magazines, such as Campeón (1937) and El Cabrito (1945).^[10] In addition, she wrote for various publications in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba.^[2]

Works

• Manual de cocina (1938)
• Sume: (Leyenda brasileña) (1939)
• El héroe de Lepanto (1948, essay)
• Boomerang (1957, novel)
• La Cenicienta: cuento de Grimm (own version, Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943)
• Cuentos para ti, Nena (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1941)
• El mago de Oz: versión autorizada y basada en la película de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
• El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
• Cuentos infantiles en verso (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
• Los doce milagros (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
• El milagro de los ojos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• Blanca nieves y los siete enanitos ("Cinesca" version; Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1937)

Doce Cuentos series

• Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• Doce cuentos de hadas (1938)
• Doce Cuentos de Gigantes y enanos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
• Doce cuentos de Navidad (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
• Doce Cuentos de encantamiento (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939)
• Doce Cuentos de la abuela (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• Doce cuentos de oro y plata (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• Doce Cuentos del mar (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938)
• Doce Cuentos de animales (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940)
• Doce Cuentos de juguetes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943)
• Doce cuentos de recreo y deportes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1944)

Notes and References

1. Book: Cartas salidas del silencio . Letters Out of Silence . Zegers B. . Pedro Pablo . Schütte G. . Daniela . . 9789562825795 . 154 . Spanish . 2003 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
2. Book: Szmulewicz, Efraín . Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena . Dictionary of Chilean Literature . Andrés Bello . 273 . Santiago . Spanish . 1977 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
3. Book: Presencia femenina en la literatura nacional: una trayectoria apasionante, 1750–2005 . Female Presence in Natural Literature: An Exciting Career (1750–2005) . Lamperein . Lina Vera . Vieira . Ana María . Molina . Paz . Editorial Semejanza . 9789567590469 . 114 . Spanish . 2008.
4. Book: Peña Muñoz, Manuel . Había una vez...en América: literatura infantil de América Latina . Once Upon a Time...In America: Latin American Children's Literature . Dolmen Ediciones . 9789562013291 . 376 . Spanish . 1 January 1997 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
5. Book: Cabel, Jesús . Literatura infantil y juvenil en nuestra América . Children's and Young Adult Literature in Our America . Centro de Investigación de la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil del Perú . 64 . Spanish . 1984 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
6. Book: Peña Muñoz, Manuel . Historia de la literatura infantil chilena . History of Chilean Children's Literature . Andrés Bello . Santiago . 31 . Spanish . 1982 . 4 October 2017 . Google Books.
7. Web site: Literatura infantil chilena (1821–2002) . Chilean Children's Literature (1821–2002) . . Spanish . 3 October 2017.
8. 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 .
9. Book: Panorama de la literatura infantil en América Latina . Overview of Children's Literature in Latin America . Uribe . Verónica . Delon . Marianne . . 153 . Spanish . 1984.
10. Book: Klimpel Alvarado, Felícitas . La Mujer Chilena: El Aporte Femenino Al Progreso de Chile, 1910–1960 . The Chilean Woman: The Female Contribution to the Progress of Chile, 1910–1960 . Andrés Bello . Spanish . 1962.