Amalia Polleri de Viana (26 June 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a Uruguayan teacher, artist, poet, journalist, and art critic.

Biography

Amalia Polleri devoted herself to painting, sculpture, engraving, poetry, and storytelling. She was a teacher of drawing and defender of women's rights. She wrote for ''

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'', '' Brecha'', and other print media. She also worked in radio journalism. She received the from

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Uruguay. She was a teacher of secondary education at the and (UTU). Polleri died on 18 June 1996, at the age of 86. In 2013, an exhibition was held at the that reviewed part of her work.

Awards

Polleri won 1st prize in drawing and engraving at the 1942 National Salon for her drawing ''El niño loco''. In 1995 she received the Gold Candelabrum Award from the Jewish organization B'nai Brith in recognition of her career.

Works

* ''El niño loco'' (drawing, First Prize Drawing and Engraving, National Salon 1942) * ''El lenguaje gráfico plástico: manual para docentes estudiantes y artistas'', Amalia Polleri, María Celia Rovira, and Brenda Lissardy. * ''Arte y Comunicación visual. Metodología y dimensión futura'' (1994) with Amalia Polleri and María Celia Rovira

References

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