Cora María Bertolé de Cané, better known as Cora Cané (1923 – April 16, 2016),
was an Argentine journalist,
librettist
A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...
, and writer. Beginning in 1957, she wrote a section for the Argentine newspaper ''
Clarín'' towards the end of each issue called ''Clarín Porteño'', previously known as ''Notas del Amanecer'',
the oldest portion of the newspaper. She would write this section until her death in 2016.
Biography
Cora Cané was born as Cora María Bertolé de Cané in
Rosario, Santa Fe
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...
, Argentina in 1923.
As a teenager, she moved to
Buenos Aires
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, where she became a regular contributor to the newspaper ', through this medium publishing her first stories.
On August 28, 1945, the Buenos Airesbased newspaper ''
Clarín'' was founded, and that same day Cané was hired to work there.
When Cora's husband died in 1957, ''Clarín'' founder
Roberto Noble encouraged Cané to continue his section, ''Notas del Amanecer''. Cané agreed, and so the section's name was changed to ''Clarín Porteño'' and it absorbed the ''Oído al pasar'', ''Palabra olvidada'', and ''Lo importante'' sections.
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1923 births
2016 deaths
Argentine women writers
Argentine women journalists