biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1892–1938)
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| biography:
| Feminist and poet, born in Sala Capriasca, S Switzerland. Starting young as an actress with a travelling theatrical company, she later became a teacher in Argentina. Her poetry is largely concerned with her ambivalent feelings towards men, but a desire for love and sexual passion. Her books include La inquietud del rosal (1916, The Inquietude of the Rosebush), El dulce daño (1918, The Sweet Injury), which brought her popular success, and Mascarillo y trébol (1938, Mask and Trefoil). She committed suicide on discovering that she was suffering from incurable cancer. |
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