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Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) is an
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Bio details and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires
Argentine people of Basque descent Argentine women novelists 1947 births Living people People from Junín, Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine novelists 20th-century Argentine women writers Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winners {{Argentina-writer-stub
Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) is an Argentine
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...
novelist and human rights activist. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, M ...
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Biographic Overview
She was born inJunín, Buenos Aires
Junín () is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and administrative seat of the '' partido'' of Junín. It has a population of 85,420 () and is located west of the city of Buenos Aires. It is mostly known for being the hometown o ...
. Her novel ''Tierra del Fuego: Una Biografia del Fin del Mundo'' won the 1999 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, M ...
for women writers in Spanish
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. It is a fictionalised account of the life of Jemmy Button
Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yahgan (or Yámana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego in modern Chile and Argentina. He was taken to England by Captain ...
, a member of the Yaghan
Yaghan, Yagán or Yahgan may refer to:
* Yahgan people, an ethnic group of Argentina and Chile
* Yahgan language
Yahgan or Yagán (also spelled Yaghan, Jagan, Iakan, and also known as Yámana, Háusi Kúta, or Yágankuta) is an extinct language ...
people from islands around Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South America, South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
The archipelago consists of the main is ...
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Books
Her books include: * ''En el invierno de las ciudades'' (1988), Editorial Galerna, * ''Probables lluvias por la noche'' (1993) Emecé Editores, * ''El Parque'' (1996) * ''Tierra del Fuego'' - tr. Curbstone Press (2000), (also translated into French and German) - reviewed in English a*
Further reading
Publisher's website
See also
*Lists of writers
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Sources
Bio details and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires
Argentine people of Basque descent Argentine women novelists 1947 births Living people People from Junín, Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine novelists 20th-century Argentine women writers Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winners {{Argentina-writer-stub