María Esther Vázquez | |
---|---|
Born | 4 August 1937
[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 25 March 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 79)
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Spouse |
Horacio Armani
(
m. 1964; died 2013) |
María Esther Vázquez (4 August 1937 – 25 March 2017) [2] was an Argentine writer and journalist, best known as a collaborator and biographer of Jorge Luis Borges and Victoria Ocampo. [3]
She was born in Buenos Aires in 1937 into a family of Galician descent. Her father was born in Cambados, and her mother in Vilanova de Arousa. At 16, she entered the Universidad de Buenos Aires to study literature. [4] In 1957, while working at the National Library, she met the library's director, Jorge Luis Borges. He introduced her to his fellow writers from Sur magazine. [5]
At the beginning of the '60s, she dated Borges, and in February 1964 they announced their marriage, although several months later they split up. They remained friends and wrote a couple of books together. Vázquez wrote a biography on Borges, ten years after his death, called Borges: Esplendor y derrota (Borges: Splendor and Defeat). [5] [6]
She married poet and writer Horacio Armani in on 14 December 1965. They were married for nearly 50 years before his death in 2013. [7]
She died in Buenos Aires in March 2017 of a cerebral hemorrhage. [4]
María Esther Vázquez | |
---|---|
Born | 4 August 1937
[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 25 March 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 79)
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Spouse |
Horacio Armani
(
m. 1964; died 2013) |
María Esther Vázquez (4 August 1937 – 25 March 2017) [2] was an Argentine writer and journalist, best known as a collaborator and biographer of Jorge Luis Borges and Victoria Ocampo. [3]
She was born in Buenos Aires in 1937 into a family of Galician descent. Her father was born in Cambados, and her mother in Vilanova de Arousa. At 16, she entered the Universidad de Buenos Aires to study literature. [4] In 1957, while working at the National Library, she met the library's director, Jorge Luis Borges. He introduced her to his fellow writers from Sur magazine. [5]
At the beginning of the '60s, she dated Borges, and in February 1964 they announced their marriage, although several months later they split up. They remained friends and wrote a couple of books together. Vázquez wrote a biography on Borges, ten years after his death, called Borges: Esplendor y derrota (Borges: Splendor and Defeat). [5] [6]
She married poet and writer Horacio Armani in on 14 December 1965. They were married for nearly 50 years before his death in 2013. [7]
She died in Buenos Aires in March 2017 of a cerebral hemorrhage. [4]