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Silvina Corvalán
Silvina is a given name. It is a variant of Silvana (other), Silvana, meaning "one who lives in the forest". People with the name * Silvina Bosco, Argentine actress * Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990), Argentine writer * Silvina Chediek (born 1962), Argentine journalist and presenter * Silvina Corvalán (born 1973), Argentine field hockey player * Silvina D'Elía (born 1986), Argentine field hockey player * Silvina Fabars (1944–2025), Cuban folk dancer and ballerina * Silvina Luna (born 1980), Argentina model, actress, and vedette * Silvina Milstein (born 1956), Argentine composer and scholar * Silvina Montrul, American linguist * Silvina Moreno (born 1987), Argentine singer * Silvina Moschini (born 1972), Argentine entrepreneur * Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993), Argentine writer * Silvina Pereira da Silva (born 1948), Brazilian sprinter * Silvina Reinaudi (born 1942), Argentine writer * Silvina Schlesinger (born 1985), Argentine handball player References {{Given name Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana (other)
Silvana, also spelled Sylvana, is a female given name. Silvana may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Silvana (opera), ''Silvana'' (opera), by Carl Maria von Weber * Silvana (soundtrack), ''Silvana'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack for the Mexican television series ''Cómplices Al Rescate'' * ''Silvana'', a battleship from the Japanese animated television series ''Last Exile'' Other uses * Silvana (food), a Filipino cookie * Silvana, Washington, United States, a rural community and census-designated place * Silvana*HDC,a Dutch Warmblood show jumping mare * , a merchant ship built in Scotland in 1944 as ''Empire Captain'' See also * * Silvaneh, Iran, a city * Sylvanas Windrunner, a fictional character in the ''Warcraft'' franchise and ''Heroes of the Storm'' {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Montrul
Silvina Montrul is a linguist specializing in generative approaches to second language acquisition. She is Professor of Linguistics and Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, as well as Second Language Acquisition, at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Career Montrul received her PhD from McGill University in 1998, under the supervision of Lydia White. Montrul's research has focused on adult second language acquisition of syntax and morphology. She has published books on incomplete acquisition of language and heritage speakers, as well as the acquisition of Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture .... She has been named University Scholar for University of Illinois in 2013, and is co-chief editor of the journal '' Second Language Research''. In 2025, Montr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Schlesinger
Silvina Schlesinger (born 28 March 1985) is an Argentine handball goalkeeper from. She defends Argentina, such as at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 De ... in Brazil. References 1985 births Argentine people of German descent Living people Argentine female handball players Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in handball Pan American Games handball players for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine women 21st-century Argentine sportswomen {{Argentina-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Reinaudi
Silvina Reinaudi (born 12 March 1942) is an Argentine children's literature writer and puppeteer, best known for her numerous plays with puppets presented in Argentina and Spain. Early life Silvina Reinaudi was born and raised in Río Cuarto, but in 1982 she moved to Buenos Aires, where she currently resides. She studied law and literature, but did not take to either of these, rather devoting her whole life to making puppets, creating shows, and composing plays for children. She has two daughters, Martina and Luciana Miravalles. Career In 1979 she founded the company Asomados y escondidos, together with , with which she presented numerous puppet plays in Argentina and Spain, most notably ''Huevito de ida y vuelta'', ''El dueño del cuento'', ''Con la música a otra parte'', and ''Cucurucho de cuentos''. With her company Reinaudi created several characters that she would later include in her published stories, such as the little dog Rito, Marimonia, and Sonio. These last two chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Pereira Da Silva
Silvina das Graças Pereira da Silva (born 31 October 1948) is a Brazilian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. International competitions 1Did not start in the final Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.5 (Rio de Janeiro 1975) *200 metres – 23.17 (-0.6 m/s, Mexico City 1975) *Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ... – 6.53 (, Rio de Janeiro 1975) References External links * 1948 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes from Rio de Janeiro (city) Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Ocampo
Silvina Ocampo (28 July 1903 – 14 December 1993) was an Argentine short story writer, poet, and artist. Ocampo's friend and collaborator Jorge Luis Borges called Ocampo "one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language, whether on this side of the ocean or on the other." Her first book was ''Viaje olvidado'' (1937), translated as ''Forgotten Journey'' (2019), and her final piece was ''Las repeticiones'', published posthumously in 2006. Before establishing herself as a writer, Ocampo was a visual artist. She studied painting and drawing in Paris where she met, in 1920, Fernand Léger and Giorgio de Chirico, forerunners of surrealism. She received, among other awards, the Municipal Prize for Literature in 1954 and the National Poetry Prize in 1962. Personal life Ocampo was born to a wealthy family in Buenos Aires, the youngest of six daughters (Victoria, Angélica, Francisca, Rosa, Clara María, and Silvina) of Manuel Silvio Cecilio Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre Herrera. Her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Moschini
Silvina Moschini (born 1972) is an Argentine entrepreneur. As a businesswoman, she is the founder of Yandiki, SheWorks!, and Intuic and the president of KMGi Group. As an analyst of Internet trends, she appears on networks including CNN en Español and Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas. Early life and education Moschini was born in Azul, Argentina. She holds a BA in Public Relations Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (Buenos Aires, Argentina), a degree in Marketing from New York University, and a Masters in Public Relations from the University of Houston, Texas. She had further studies were in Management and Social Networking Web Communications at the Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione and at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, both in Milan, Italy. Business career Intuic Moschini then obtained a position to lead the Latin American Public Relations department of Compaq, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. She held positions at Patagon.com and Grupo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Moreno
Silvina Moreno (born September 8, 1987) is an Argentine singer, instrumentalist and composer. Her career includes five albums, she has had three nominations for the Gardel Awards and she is currently an artist for the record label Sony Music Argentina. Biography Moreno received her college education at Berklee, where she appeared in high-profile concerts. She was subsequently chosen to perform at three graduation ceremonies at the Agganis Arena in Boston, in front of renowned artists such as Juan Luis Guerra, Smokey Robinson, Angelique Kidjo, Michael McDonald, Paco De Lucía and Chucho Valdés. During the aforementioned years she formed her roots in Brooklyn and London, resulting in an artistic combination with her South American roots. In this way she began to venture into an experimental genre that included variants of North American and English indie pop/rock (Ingrid Michaelson, Florence + The Machine, Sia, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, St. Vincent) and Latin American singer-son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Milstein
Silvina Milstein (born 12 February 1956, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine composer and scholar of twentieth-century music, living in the United Kingdom and teaching at King's College London. Her music has been described as "turbulent and hesitantly ecstatic", as well as "highly poetic", "rich and dense". In 2018 her piece ''shan shui'' was nominated for the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber-Scale Composition. Background and education Milstein emigrated to Britain after the Argentinian military coup of 1976. Her early musical education had taken place at the Collegium Musicum of Buenos Aires and the Escuela de Bellas Artes of the University of La Plata. At Glasgow University her main composition teachers were Judith Weir and Lyell Cresswell. She was awarded a prize as the most distinguished female graduate in the Faculty of Arts. Later she studied under Alexander Goehr, with whom she has also carried out extensive research into the music of Arnold Schoenberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Bosco
Silvina Bosco was an Argentine actress. Although she worked more in television in series such as ''Chiquititas'', she appeared in a number of popular Argentine films such as '' Buenos Aires me mata'' (1998), '' La Fuga'', '' Animalada'' and '' Arregui, la noticia del día'' (2001), and '' Apasionados'' in 2002. In 2004 she appeared in the acclaimed films: '' Conversaciones con mamá'' and '' Whisky Romeo Zulu.'' Death On 30 April, 2019 she died after spending time hospitalized for cancer. Filmography * ''El Hombre que ganó la razón'' (1986) * ''El Censor'' (1995) * ''La Sonámbula'' (1998) * '' Buenos Aires me mata'' (1998) * ''El Visitante'' (1999) * '' Animalada'' (2001) * '' Arregui, la noticia del día'' (2001) * '' La Fuga'' (2001) * ''Te besaré mañana'' (2001) * ''Causa efecto'' (2001) * ''El Transcurso de las cosas'' (2001) * '' Apasionados'' (2002) * ''Click'' (2003) * ''Un Día en el paraíso'' (2003) * '' Vivir Intentando'' (2003) * '' Whisky Romeo Zulu'' (2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Luna
Silvina Noelia Luna (21 June 1980 – 31 August 2023) was an Argentine model, actress and vedette. Career After finishing school at the age of 17, she moved to Buenos Aires and worked as a secretary and a model. She later lived in Miami for a year, before returning to Argentina, where she appeared as a participant on '' Big Brother 2''. In later years she worked with the modelling agency of Ricardo Piñeiro, and participated in the reality diving competition ''Celebrity Splash!'' Luna took theatre classes with Julio Chávez, and guest-starred on television shows. Magazine appearances * Cover of the Argentine ''Maxim'' magazine * Cover of '' Interviú'' magazine * Pages of ''Harper's Bazaar'' * Pages of '' Vogue'' Personal life and death Silvina Luna was born in Rosario on 21 June 1980. She started her professional life as a model and promoter. She reached national fame in 2001 when she participated in ''Big Brother Argentina'', where she ended up in second place. After her r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvina Fabars
Silvina Fabars (22 February 1944 – 31 March 2025) was a Cuban folk dancer and ballerina who was the principal dancer of the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba and a noted folk dance instructor throughout Latin America and Europe. She won numerous awards and recognition throughout her career including the ''Vanguardia Nacional'', the ''Distinción por la Cultura Nacional'' (Distinction of the National Culture), and the Alejo Carpentier Medal. In 2014, she was honored as the recipient of the National Dance Prize of Cuba. Life and career Silvina Fabars Gilall was born on 22 February 1944 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Her ancestry includes grandparents from Guinea and Ghana, who helped raise her. As a child, she was taught to read and write by an aunt and was only able to attend elementary school for two or three years, as her labor was needed. She worked in the cane fields, planted sweet potatoes, picked coffee and hauled wood and water. She lived in a community of Haitians and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
