Sara de Ibáñez (1909–1971) was an Uruguayan poet, literary critic, and educator.[1][2]

Sara de Ibáñez
Born1909, 11 January 1910 Edit this on Wikidata
Died3 April 1971, 1971 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 61–62)
OccupationPoet, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenUlalume González de León, Suleika Ibáñez Edit this on Wikidata

Biography edit

Ibáñez was born in Chamberlain. She was known for her "intensely lyrical poetry on topics of universal importance", such as war, the apocalypse, death, nature, and love. She employed traditional verse forms, like the sonnet, along with freer verse forms.[3]

Ibáñez died in Montevideo in 1971.[3]

Works edit

  • Canto a Montevideo [Song to Montevideo]. 1941.
  • Pastoral. México: Cuadernos americanos, 1948.
  • Artigas. 1952.
  • Las estaciones y otros poemas [The seasons and other poems]. México: Tezontle, 1957.
  • La batalla [The battle]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1967.
  • Apocalipsis XX [Revelation 20]. Caracas: Monte Avila, 1970.
  • (ed. Roberto Ibáñez) Canto póstumo [Posthumous songs]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1973.

References edit

  1. ^ Lemaître Leon, Monique J. (1990). "Sara de Ibáñez (1909-1971)". In Diane E. Marting (ed.). Spanish-American Women Writers: a bio-bibliographical source book. Greenwood Press. pp. 254–260.
  2. ^ Katra, William H. (2008). "Ibáñez, Sara de (1905–1971)". In Kinsbruner, Jay; Langer, Erick (eds.). Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture.
  3. ^ a b Balderston, Daniel; Gonzalez, Mike, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. London: Routledge. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9781134399598.

Further reading edit

  • Sternheim, Marci (1990). "Sara de Ibáñez: The Battle to Create". In Valis, Noël; Maier, Carol (eds.). In the Feminine Mode: Essays on Hispanic Women Writers. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press. pp. 54–65.
  • Zapata, Celia de (1977). "Two poets of America: Juana de Asbaje and Sara de Ibáñez". In Miller, Yvette E.; Tatum, Charles M. (eds.). Latin American Women Writers: Yesterday and Today. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Latin American Literary Review. pp. 115–126.