Maria Alicia Dominguez | |
Birth Date: | September 6, 1904[1] |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Death Date: | April 9, 1988 (aged 83) |
Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Occupation: | Poet, Novelist and Essayist |
Known For: | Children's Literature |
Maria Alicia Dominguez (Spanish; Castilian: María Alicia Domínguez) (1904–1988) was an Argentinian poet, novelist and essayist.
She was born in Buenos Aires on September 6, 1904. She graduated as a professor of literature from an Argentinian university, el Instituto Nacional del Profesorado de Lenguas Vivas.
She began her career as a teacher at some educational institutions in Buenos Aires, namely the "Institutos Mitre y Bernasconi", the "Colegios Nacionales Roca y Sarmiento" and the "Normal 6". In 1925 she wrote her first book of poems, La rueca.[2] She wrote more than 30 books in total after that. She also worked in "la Editorial Columba" as a writer for their weekly magazine, Intervalo, from 1950s to 1960s.[3]
When she retired as a teacher, she devoted all of her time and energy in writing children's literature.[4]
In her youth, she had an intimate relationship with Leopoldo Lugones.[5] Some people believe that she once tried to commit suicide (but failed) because of her breakup with him,[6] or because of society's pressure to break up with him. She ultimately married a book publisher named, Fernando Foyatier.
She wrote more than 30 books, the most popular among them are the following,
She won the following major awards for her literary work: