Leticia Cossettini (May 19, 1904 - December 11, 2004) was an Argentine teacher and pedagogue. She was a

Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The p ...

laureate and was knighted in Italy.

Biography

Leticia Cossettini was born in San Jorge,

Santa Fe Province The Invincible Province of Santa Fe (, , lit. "Holy Faith") is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 2 ...

, May 19, 1904. She was the daughter of Antonio Cossettini and Alpina Bodello, founders of schools in Gálvez. Her sister was

Olga Cossettini Victoria Olga Cossettini (18 August 1898 - 23 May 1987) was an Argentina, Argentine teacher, educator, and pedagogue. She spent her career, together with her sister, Leticia Cossettini, transforming Traditionalist School, traditional schooling. ...

. Like her parents and her sister, she followed the career path of an educator. In 1921, she worked as a teacher in a normal school in Rafaela, where she distinguished herself by her sensitivity and her artistic expressions. Between 1935 and 1950, the Cossettini sisters developed a project called Escuela Serena, that they applied at the Experimental School Dr. Gabriel Carrasco in the

Barrio Alberdi Alberdi is a primarily residential barrio (traditional neighborhood) of Rosario, Argentina. It is located in the north-east of the city, between Rondeau Boulevard and the Paraná River. In the current administrative division system employed by the ...

, city of

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. It transformed the traditional school into a more active one with learning experiences based on education criteria. She died in Rosario, on December 11, 2004. The mayor of the city of

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, Omar Perotti, signed a decree of honor and adherence "to the mourning for the death of Miss Leticia Cossettini."

Awards and honours

In 1985, the Municipality of Rosario granted Leticia Cossettini the recognition of Illustrious Citizen. In 1986, she received the Konex Award for Humanities as one of the best teachers (without gender distinction) in Argentina. In 1990, the Republic of Italy awarded her the title Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito.

Selected publications

* 1947, ''Teatro de Niños''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cossettini, Leticia 1904 births 2004 deaths People from Santa Fe Province 20th-century Argentine educators 20th-century Argentine writers 20th-century Argentine women writers Argentine women centenarians 20th-century Argentine women educators