Sara de Ibáñez

Sara Iglesias Casadei was born on 11 January 1909 in Chamberlain, in the department of Tacuarembó, and spent her childhood in the countryside; her family moved to Montevideo in 1923. In 1928 she married the poet and critic Roberto Ibáñez, whose name she took; their three daughters became writers. In 1945 the Secondary Education Council appointed her professor of literature on the strength of her poetry alone. She led a secluded life and died in Montevideo on 3 April 1971; the national literature prize was awarded to her posthumously.

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• PoetryCantoSara de Ibáñez · 1940not translated into EnglishLiterature