Matilde Alba Swann

Matilde Alba Swann
Born
Matilde Kirilovsky

(1912-02-24)24 February 1912
Berisso, Argentina
Died13 September 2000(2000-09-13) (aged 88)
La Plata, Argentina
Burial placeLa Plata Cemetery
EducationNational University of La Plata
Occupation(s)Poet, journalist, lawyer
SpouseSamuel Creimer
Children5

Matilde Kirilovsky de Creimer (24 February 1912 – 13 September 2000), better known by her penname Matilde Alba Swann, was an Argentine poet, journalist, and lawyer. She was one of the first women to earn a law degree at the National University of La Plata, in 1933.

Biography

Matilde Kirilovsky was born in Berisso on 24 February 1912, the daughter of Russian immigrants Alaquin Kirilovsky and Emma Ioffe.[1][2] She earned her baccalaureate at the Colegio Superior de Señoritas (now Liceo Víctor Mercante) in 1929, and her licentiate in law at the National University of La Plata in 1933.[1][3]

As a lawyer, she focused on defending the interests of minorities and underprivileged children, and served as an advisor to the Ministry of Social Action [es] and the Ministry of Health.[3]

She married Samuel Creimer in the 1940s, and they had five children.[1]

She published eight books of poetry and countless newspaper articles. She was a correspondent for the newspaper El Día during the Falklands War.[4] She also served as president of the La Plata branch of the Argentine Writers' Society [es].[5] Her poems were praised by Jorge Luis Borges, and she was close friends with writer Ernesto Sabato.[6]

She died in La Plata on 13 September 2000, and was buried at La Plata Cemetery.[1][2]

Awards and recognition

  • Province of Buenos Aires Award for Poetry, 1991[1]
  • Santa Clara de Asís Award from the League of Family Mothers, 1991[1]
  • Nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1992[6]
  • Declared an Illustrious Citizen of the City of La Plata, Post Mortem, 2005[7]
  • Augusto Mario Delfino Award for Poetry[1]

Publications

  • Canción y grito (1955)
  • Salmo al retorno (1956)
  • Madera para mi mañana (1957)
  • Tránsito del infinito adentro (1959)
  • Coral y remolino (1960)
  • Grillo y cuna (1971)
  • Con un hijo bajo el brazo (1978)
  • Crónica de mí misma (1980)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Matilde Alba Swann: una cálida exponente de las letras platenses" [Matilde Alba Swann: A Warm Exponent of La Plata Writing]. El Día (in Spanish). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Axat, Julián (8 October 2020). "Por los caminos de Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)" [Along the Paths of Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)]. El País Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Entre los poetas míos...Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000)" (PDF). Colección Antológica de Poesía Social (in Spanish). Vol. 101. Biblioteca Virtual Omagalfa. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Matilde Alba Swann" (PDF). Reflejos (in Spanish). Vol. XXII, no. 83. August 2014. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ Badenes, Daniel (1 February 2012). Un pasado para La Plata [A Past for La Plata] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). National University of La Plata. p. 152. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Matilde Alba Swann, la platense que fue propuesta para el premio Nobel de Literatura" [Matilde Alba Swann, La Plata Resident Who Was Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature]. Diario Hoy (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Dra. Matilde Kirilovsky de Creimer: Decreto N° 84" (in Spanish). Deliberative Council of La Plata. 24 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2022.