Alicia Graciana Eguren (Buenos Aires, 1924 - Buenos Aires, 26 January 1977) was an Argentine teacher, poet, essayist and journalist.

Alicia Graciana Eguren
Born(1925-10-11)October 11, 1925
DisappearedJanuary 27, 1977
StatusDead
DiedSeptember 19, 1977(1977-09-19) (aged 51)
Cause of deathVictim of state assassination
Alma materFaculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires
Occupation(s)Revolutionary, Poet, Writer, Journalist, Professor
Years active1946–1977
OrganizationSexto Continete Newspaper
Notable work
  • Dios y el mundo
  • El canto de la tierra inicial
  • Poemas del siglo XX
  • Aquí, entre magias y espigas
  • El talud descuajado.
Political partyPeronism
Revolutionary Peronist Acction
Revolutionary Peronism
Anti-Imperialst Front for Socialism
Other political
affiliations
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Spouse(s)Pedro Catella
John William Cooke
ChildrenPedro Gustavo Catella Eguren
Notes
Lieutenant to Che Guevara

Biography

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Eguren graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a teacher of literature. She worked as a teacher of literature both in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Santa Fe. She worked at the newspaper Con Todo and the magazine Nuevo Hombre. She also edited the cultural magazine Sexto Continente. In 1946, she met and later married the Peronist leader, John William Cooke in a study center. Between 1946 and 1951, she published five books of poetry, which had a tendency to Catholic idealism. In 1953, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and married the diplomat Pedro Catella, whom she accompanied to London.[1][2][3]

Selected works

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  • Dios y el mundo,
  • El canto de la tierra inicial,
  • Poemas del siglo XX,
  • Aquí, entre magias y espigas,
  • El talud descuajado.

References

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  1. ^ Bravas Alicia Eguren de Cooke y Susana Pirí Lugones, Mujeres para una pasión argentina, María Seone, Sudamericana, Buenos Aires ISBN 9789500747394, p. 45 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Entrevista a Héctor Jouvet, publicada en Lucha Armada en la Argentina, No. 2, pp. 51-59. Buenos Aires, 2005. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Mazzeo, Miguel (26 March 2007). "Notas para una biografía de Alicia Eguren". Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2016.