Norah Lange
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Norah Lange was an Argentine
author, associated with the Buenos Aires
avant garde of the 1920s and 1930s.
A member of the Florida group
, which also included figures such as Oliverio Girondo
(whom she married in 1943) and Jorge Luis Borges
(who dedicated an article to her in his first book of prose, Inquisiciones), she published in the "ultraist" magazines Prisma, Proa, and Martín Fierro.
Her ultramodernist poetry influenced other well known Argentine writers such as Nydia Lamarque, Maria Elena Walsh
, Maria Dhialma Tiberti
, and Ines Malinow.
In 1958, SADE (the Argentine Society of writers) awarded her their Grand Prize of Honor.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
author, associated with the Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
avant garde of the 1920s and 1930s.
A member of the Florida group
Florida group
The Florida group were a Buenos Aires-based avant-garde literary group in the 1920s, known for their embrace of "art for art's sake"...
, which also included figures such as Oliverio Girondo
Oliverio Girondo
Oliverio Girondo was an Argentine poet. He was born in Buenos Aires to a relatively wealthy family, enabling him from a young age to travel to Europe, where he studied in both Paris and England...
(whom she married in 1943) and Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
(who dedicated an article to her in his first book of prose, Inquisiciones), she published in the "ultraist" magazines Prisma, Proa, and Martín Fierro.
Her ultramodernist poetry influenced other well known Argentine writers such as Nydia Lamarque, Maria Elena Walsh
María Elena Walsh
María Elena Walsh was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, dramaturge, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children.-Biography:...
, Maria Dhialma Tiberti
María Dhialma Tiberti
María Dhialma Tiberti was an Argentine writer born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, on October 25, 1928, who died in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, on January 16, 1987. She studied at the Escuela Normal Nº1 “Mary O’Graham” and later on, Literature and History, at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata...
, and Ines Malinow.
In 1958, SADE (the Argentine Society of writers) awarded her their Grand Prize of Honor.
Poetry books
- La calle de la tarde (The Street in the Evening, 1925), with a prologue by Borges
- Los días y las noches (Days and Nights, 1926)
- El rumbo de la rosa (1930)
Books in prose
- Voz de la vida (The Voice of Life, 1927), novel
- 45 días y 30 marineros (45 Days and 30 Sailors, 1933), novel
- Cuadernos de infancia (Childhood Notebooks, 1937), autobiographical work, received the Buenos Aires Municipal Prize and the Argentine National Second Prize.
- Discursos (Speeches, 1942), speeches
- Antes que mueran (Before They Die, 1944), autobiographical work
- Personas en la sala (People in the Room, 1950), novel
- Los dos retratos (The Two Portraits, 1956), novel
- Estimados congéneres