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Josefina Plá
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Paraguayan sculptor, ceramist, dramatist, poet, and historian (1903–1999)
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Josefina Plá, born María Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvani, was a Paraguayan and Spanish poet, sculptor, writer, and journalist. She wrote in Spanish and specialized in lyric poetry. Her notable works include *IV Departamento [de] Cultura y Arte*, *Los italianos en el Paraguay*, *Obras completas*, and *Selecciones*.
She received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and was a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. Plá was born on Lobos Island on November 9, 1903, and died in Asunción on January 11, 1999.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 50
Top works
- IV Departamento [de] Cultura y Arte
- Los italianos en el Paraguay
- Josefina Plá
- Obras completas
- Selecciones
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Key facts
- Born
- Maria Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvany , ( 1903-11-09 ) 9 November 1903, Isla de Lobos , Canarias , Spain
- Died
- 11 January 1999 (1999-01-11) (aged 95), Asunción , Paraguay
- Movement
- Impresionist
- Spouse
- Julián de la Herrería
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josefina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Lobos Island
- Place of death
- Asunción
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- lyric poetry
- Image
- 2-JOSEFINA PLA.png
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- Josefina Pla
- name in native language
- Josefina Plá
- birth name
- María Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvani
- date of birth
- 1903-11-09
- member of
- International Academy of Ceramics
- writing language
- Spanish
- date of death
- 1999-01-11
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Encyclopedic overview
María Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvany (9 November 1903 – 11 January 1999) was a Spanish-born Paraguayan poet, playwright, journalist, art critic, sculptor, ceramicist, and historian. She has been described as "the most influential woman in Paraguayan cultural matters in the twentieth century."
She received numerous awards and distinctions for her artistic and literary work, for defending human rights and the equality between men and women.
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