Ester Cosani
Ester Cosani | |
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Born | Rita Cosani Sologuren 24 December 1914 Arica, Chile |
Died | March 2001 (aged 86) Concepción, Chile |
Occupation | Writer, illustrator |
Rita Cosani Sologuren (24 December 1914 – March 2001) was a Chilean writer and illustrator. Using the nickname Ester Cosani,[1] she became known as one of the leaders of early children's literature in Chile through her works which were published in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[2][3]
Career[]
Cosani's work as a cartoonist began for the magazine El Colegial.[4] She later participated in drafting the charter of the Chilean Drawing Alliance, which she signed in 1941, along with illustrators Carmen Eysaud, Elizabeth Wilkens, and . In 1951 she was awarded the Director's Prize of the National Theater for her work La casa de las ratas. She also narrated a children's radio program named La cajita de música.[4]
Works[]
- Leyenda de la quena (1938)
- Leyendas de la vieja casa (1938)
- Para saber y contar (1939)
- Las desventuras de Andrajo (1942)
- Cuentos a Pelusa (1943)
- La casa de las ratas (1943)
- Cuentos a Beatriz (1957)
- Una historia de ángeles (1957)
- Rimas (1994)
- Cuentos de Tocorí de la Sierra (1995)[1][4][5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cosani Ester". Qué de Libros (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Peña Muñoz, Manuel. "Breve historia de la literatura infantil chilena" [Brief history of Chilean Children's Literature]. Lectura Viva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Literatura infantil chilena (1821–2002)" [Chilean Children's Literature (1821–2002)]. Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Peña Muñoz, Manuel (1982). "Entre 1940 y 1945. Autores y titulos" [Between 1940 and 1945. Authors and Titles]. Historia de la literatura infantil chilena [History of Chilean Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Santiago: Andrés Bello. pp. 56–61. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ García, Mauricio. "Mujeres e Historieta en Chile" [Women and Comics in Chile]. ErgoComics (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 2001 deaths
- 20th-century Chilean women artists
- 20th-century Chilean women writers
- Chilean cartoonists
- Chilean women cartoonists
- Chilean illustrators
- Chilean women illustrators
- Chilean children's book illustrators
- Chilean people of Basque descent
- Chilean people of Italian descent
- People from Arica