The "first lady of Argentine letters," Victoria Ocampo is best known as the architect of cultural bridges between the American and European continents and as the founder and director of Sur, an influential South American literary review and publishing house.

In this first biographical study in English of "la superbe Argentine," originally published in 1979, Doris Meyer considers Victoria Ocampo's role in introducing European and North American writers and artists to the South American public-through the pages of her review, through translations of their work, and through lecture tours and recitations. She examines Ocampo's personal relationships with some of the most illustrious writers and thinkers of this century-including Jose Ortega y Gasset, Rabindranath Tagore, Count Hermann Keyserling, Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Monnier, Vita Sackville-West, Gabriela Mistral, and many others. And she portrays an extraordinary woman who rebelled against the strictures of family and social class to become a leading personality in the fight for women's rights in Argentina and, later, a steadfast opponent of the Peron regime, for which she was sent to jail in 1953.

Fifteen of Victoria Ocampo's essays, selected from her more than ten volumes of prose and translated by Doris Meyer, complement the biographical study.

About the Author
Doris Meyer is Roman S. & Tatiana Weller Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Connecticut College .

Reviews
The first biographical study in English of a woman who was not only an extraordinary and successful personality in the world of Argentinian letters but a symbol of female rebellion and freedom as a woman.... in all an excellent comprehensive introduction to this remarkable woman for English-speaking audiences. * British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain *



Book Information
ISBN 9780292787100
Author Doris Meyer
Format Paperback
Page Count 332
Imprint University of Texas Press
Publisher University of Texas Press
Weight(grams) 454g