Poletti, Syria (1919–1991)
Poletti, Syria (1919–1991)
Argentinean novelist and short-story writer. Born Feb 10, 1919, in Pieve di Cadore, Italy; died April 11, 1991, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lived in Italy, Argentina, and US, and was deeply interested in immigration and national identity; worked as radio and newspaper journalist and became professor at University of Los Angeles; was one of the 1st Hispanic-American women to write detective fiction; works include Veinte cuentos infantiles (1955), Gente commigo (1962), Línea del fuego (1964), Rojo en la salina (1964), Extraño oficio (1971), Reportajes supersónicos (1972), El juguete misterioso (1977), and El rey que prohibió los globos (1987). Received Donzel Prize in Spain and Losada International Prize.
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