Victoria Ocampo
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 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Born | Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo 7 April 1890 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 27 January 1979 88) Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Occupation | Writer |
Relatives | Silvina Ocampo (sister) |
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