Matilde Alba Swann

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Matilde Alba Swann
Born
Matilde Kirilovsky

(1912-02-24)24 February 1912
Berisso, Argentina
Died13 September 2000(2000-09-13) (aged 88)
La Plata, Argentina
Burial placeLa Plata Cemetery
EducationNational University of La Plata
Occupation(s)Poet, journalist, lawyer
SpouseSamuel Creimer
Children5

Matilde Kirilovsky de Creimer (24 February 1912 – 13 September 2000), better known by her penname Matilde Alba Swann, was an Argentine poet, journalist, and lawyer. She was one of the first women to earn a law degree at the National University of La Plata, in 1933.

Biography[edit]

Matilde Kirilovsky was born in Berisso on 24 February 1912, the daughter of Russian immigrants Alaquin Kirilovsky and Emma Ioffe.[1][2] She earned her baccalaureate at the Colegio Superior de Señoritas (now Liceo Víctor Mercante) in 1929, and her licentiate in law at the National University of La Plata in 1933.[1][3]

As a lawyer, she focused on defending the interests of minorities and underprivileged children, and served as an advisor to the Ministry of Social Action [es] and the Ministry of Health.[3]

She married Samuel Creimer in the 1940s, and they had five children.[1]

She published eight books of poetry and countless newspaper articles. She was a correspondent for the newspaper El Día during the Falklands War.[4] She also served as president of the La Plata branch of the Argentine Writers' Society [es].[5] Her poems were praised by Jorge Luis Borges, and she was close friends with writer Ernesto Sabato.[6]

She died in La Plata on 13 September 2000, and was buried at La Plata Cemetery.[1][2]

Awards and recognition[edit]

  • Province of Buenos Aires Award for Poetry, 1991[1]
  • Santa Clara de Asís Award from the League of Family Mothers, 1991[1]
  • Nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1992[6]
  • Declared an Illustrious Citizen of the City of La Plata, Post Mortem, 2005[7]
  • Augusto Mario Delfino Award for Poetry[1]

Publications[edit]

  • Canción y grito (1955)
  • Salmo al retorno (1956)
  • Madera para mi mañana (1957)
  • Tránsito del infinito adentro (1959)
  • Coral y remolino (1960)
  • Grillo y cuna (1971)
  • Con un hijo bajo el brazo (1978)
  • Crónica de mí misma (1980)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Matilde Alba Swann: una cálida exponente de las letras platenses" [Matilde Alba Swann: A Warm Exponent of La Plata Writing]. El Día (in Spanish). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Axat, Julián (8 October 2020). "Por los caminos de Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)" [Along the Paths of Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)]. El País Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Entre los poetas míos...Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)" (PDF). Colección Antológica de Poesía Social (in Spanish). Vol. 101. Biblioteca Virtual Omagalfa. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Matilde Alba Swann" (PDF). Reflejos (in Spanish). Vol. XXII, no. 83. August 2014. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ Badenes, Daniel (1 February 2012). Un pasado para La Plata [A Past for La Plata] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). National University of La Plata. p. 152. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Matilde Alba Swann, la platense que fue propuesta para el premio Nobel de Literatura" [Matilde Alba Swann, La Plata Resident Who Was Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature]. Diario Hoy (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Dra. Matilde Kirilovsky de Creimer: Decreto N° 84" (in Spanish). Deliberative Council of La Plata. 24 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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