Photo: Gisèle Freund, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁴

Victoria Ocampo

Argentine writer (1890–1979)

Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo (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.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Victoria Ocampo (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 7, 1890, died Jan 27, 1979.¹

About

Her sister was Silvina Ocampo, also a writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970 and 1974.

From Wikipedia’s article on Victoria Ocampo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

SudamericanaFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Paris³
Date not recordedCollège de France³

Career

Occupation: essayist, patron of the arts, translator, publisher, public figure, writer, critic, intellectual.⁶

Date not recordedFounded Sur⁴
Date not recordedFounded Sudamericana⁵

Personal life

BornApr 7, 1890, Buenos Aires⁷
DiedJan 27, 1979, Buenos Aires⁸
CitizenshipArgentina⁹

Awards

1965Maria Moors Cabot Prizes^{10 12}
1965Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises¹⁰
1950Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE^{10 11}
Date not recordedCommander of the Order of the British Empire¹⁰
Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataVictoria Ocampo on Wikidata
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WikipediaVictoria Ocampo on Wikipedia
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: Founded Sur, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: Founded Sudamericana, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataVictoria Ocampo: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataSudamericana, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsVictoria Ocampo photo by Gisèle Freund, Public domain