Syria Poletti Explained

Syria Poletti
Birth Date:10 February 1917
Birth Place:Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre:Children's literature
Nationality:Italian
Language:Spanish

Syria Poletti (10 February 1917 – 11 April 1991) was an Argentine writer who specialized in children's literature.

Personal life

Syria Poletti's parents, José Poletti and Juana Pasquali,[1] emigrated to Argentina from Italy when she was nine years old, leaving her in the charge of her grandmother, who fulfilled the role of mother. During her adolescence she lived in an orphanage. At age 21 she graduated and decided to travel to Argentina, but the spinal deformity scoliosis which she suffered from was an impediment to emigration. Her sister Beppina traveled to Buenos Aires and was able to obtain a permit, allowing Syria to make the trip to the country where she would become a writer.[2]

Career

Between 1939 and 1944 she was director of the Dante Alighieri school in Cañada de Gómez.[1] In 1946 she graduated as a teacher and translator, receiving a degree from the National University of Córdoba.[1]

After this she began journalistic activities in important media, and in 1953 started writing stories for the newspaper La Nación. In 1954 she published Veinte poemas infantiles (Twenty Children's Poems). She also contributed to the magazine Vea y Lea, where she wrote short stories.

The publication of her first novel in 1961, Gente conmigo, met with great success. It received the Losada International Award and the Municipal Prize of Buenos Aires, and was adapted into a film in 1965 (screenplay by Jorge Masciángoli, directed by Jorge Darnell).[3] The novel was translated into German, Czech, English, and Italian.

In 1965 Poletti was awarded the Doncel Prize in Madrid, for her short story book Botella al mar. For her book Historias en rojo, she again received the Municipal Prize of Buenos Aires in 1969. In addition she received the Ribbon of Honor from the Argentine Society of Writers, and the Grand Knight of the Star of Solidarity, given by the Italian government for her cultural work in Italy and Argentina.[4]

Poletti's work often dealt with the challenges faced by Italian immigrants in rural Argentina and in Buenos Aires. Along with Ernesto Sabato, she is regarded as one of the most influential Italo-Argentine writers.[4]

Published works

Prizes and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Quién es quién en la Argentina . Who's Who in Argentina . Guillermo Kraft . 506 . Spanish . 1955 . 17 April 2017 . archive.org.
  2. Web site: Buscador . Search . CEMLA . Spanish . 17 April 2017 . Siria Poletti, 21 años, nacida en Údine, arribó el 7 de agosto de 1938 a Buenos Aires, en el Principessa Giovanna, que partió de Génova..
  3. Book: World Filmography: 1967 . Cowie . Peter . Elley . Derek . . 9780498015656 . 20–21 . 1977 . 17 April 2017 . Google Books.
  4. Book: Hernández-Araico, Susana . https://books.google.com/books?id=lrLI2BJkPu4C&pg=PA462 . Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Source Book . Syria Poletti (b. 1921) . Marting . Diane E. . . 9780313251948 . 461–471 . 1990 . 17 April 2017 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Extraño oficio (Crónicas de una obsesión) . Catálogo Acceder . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20110506055148/http://www.acceder.buenosaires.gov.ar/es/1256892 . 6 May 2011 . dead . 17 April 2017 .
  6. Web site: Syria Poletti . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20080601194126/http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/premios/curriculum.asp?ID=282 . 1 June 2008 . dead . 17 April 2017.

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