Victoria Ocampo: Writer, Feminist, Woman of the World

by Victoria Ocampo, Patricia Owen Steiner (Translator)

Victoria Ocampo's voice in these selections from her writings is personal and refreshingly candid. Her autobiography reveals what it was like to grow up female in Argentina - a society with rigid preconceptions about the role of women. Her essays disclose her development as a woman, a feminist, and a writer who interacted with major literary figures in the Americas and Europe.
As a prolific writer and the founder and publisher of Sur, the Argentine literary review devoted to international exchange, Victoria Ocampo was a key figure in twentieth-century Latin American letters. Until now most of her work has been unavailable in English. Steiner's translations make Ocampo's memoirs, letters, and essays accessible to readers with interests in autobiography, in the literature and culture of Latin America, and in the development of feminist thought.

Genres: Biography

190 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

Writer, critic and publisher of the legendary literary magazine Sur, she was one of the most prominent South American women of her time. Sister of the writer Silvina Ocampo.

Reviews

[Lindinio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eine schöne Biografie mit Essays im Anhang von der argentinischen Autorin Victoria Ocampo. Sehr zu empfehlen für Leser*innen die sich für die politischen Ereignisse Argentiniens und einer der ersten Stimme für die Frauen interessieren.