Victoria Ocampo
Critic, Author
1890 – 1979
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Who was Victoria Ocampo?
Victoria Ocampo CBE was an Argentine writer and intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as La mujer más argentina. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the legendary literary magazine Sur, she was also a writer and critic in her own right and one of the most prominent South American women of her time. Her sister, Silvina Ocampo, a writer also, was married to Adolfo Bioy Casares.
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- Born
- Apr 7, 1890
San Isidro - Also known as
- Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bernando de Estrada
(1912 - )
- Bernando de Estrada
- Ethnicity
- Argentinian people
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Profession
- Education
- University of Paris
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires
- San Isidro
- Villa Ocampo
- Died
- Jan 27, 1979
San Isidro - Resting place
- La Recoleta Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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