Vaz Ferreira, María Eugenia (1875–1924)
Vaz Ferreira, María Eugenia (1875–1924)
Uruguayan poet and short-story writer. Born 1875 in Montevideo, Uruguay; died 1924; sister of Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872–1958, philosopher).
Wrote romantic verse and was part of modernismo group of Uruguayan writers; in later life, shunned publicity and eventually suffered nervous breakdown. Most of her works were published posthumously by her brother, including La isla de los cánticos (1925).
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BORN: 1850, Normandy, France
DIED: 1893, Paris, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
“Boule de suif” (“Ball of T…
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