Victoria Ocampo
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Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)
Key facts
- Born
- Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo , ( 1890-04-07 ) 7 April 1890, Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Died
- 27 January 1979 (1979-01-27) (aged 88), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Alma mater
- University of Paris
- Occupation
- Writer
- Relatives
- Silvina Ocampo (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rufina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires
- Sibling
- Silvina Ocampo
- Occupation
- patron of the arts
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- Sur
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- Victoria Ocampo por Gisèle Freund crop.jpg
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- date of death
- 1979-01-27
- place of burial
- Recoleta Cemetery
- Commons category
- Victoria Ocampo
- date of birth
- 1890-04-07
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- Victoria Ocampo
- relative
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- influenced by
- Jacques Maritain
- birth name
- Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo Aguirre
- member of
- Academia Argentina de Letras
- cause of death
- laryngeal cancer
- writing language
- Spanish
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- name in native language
- Victoria Ocampo
- partner in business or sport
- Silvina Ocampo
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Encyclopedic overview
Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo CBE (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the 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 was Silvina Ocampo, also a writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970 and 1974.
Biography
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