Storni, Alfonsina

Storni, Alfonsina

▪ Argentine writer
born May 29, 1892, Sala Capriasca, Switzerland
died October 25, 1938, Mar del Plata, Argentina

      one of the foremost poets in Latin American literature.

      Storni's family immigrated to Argentina in 1896. Forced to earn her living at an early age, Storni joined a theatrical troupe and later taught school in the rural areas of Argentina. In 1912 she bore a child out of wedlock and in 1913 was driven to seek anonymity in Buenos Aires. There she continued to teach school and worked with a young people's theatre group. She also formed a friendship with the writer Horacio Quiroga (Quiroga, Horacio). Her first book, La inquietud del rosal (1916; “The Restless Rose Garden”), brought her recognition from the literary circles in Buenos Aires; but it was her volume El dulce daño (1918; “The Sweet Injury”) that won her popular success. Although her portrayal of men was ironic and critical, Storni felt a strong need for heterosexual love, and she was able to express the tension and passion of these ambivalent feelings in poetry both simple and deeply sensual, expressing an original note in erotic poetry in a sensitive manner.

      After the publication of Ocre (“Ochre”) in 1925, Storni concentrated for several years on journalistic articles and plays, including El amo del mundo (1927; “Master of the World”), which was not well received.

      In the 1930s, influenced by, among others, Federico García Lorca (García Lorca, Federico), Storni returned to poetry, publishing El mundo de siete pozos (1934; “The World of Seven Wells”) and Mascarilla y trébol (1938; “Mask and Trefoil”). Much of this later work is marked by despair, largely brought about by her battle with breast cancer. The poems are involved, intellectual, and highly stylized, and they lack the simplicity and passion of her early work. Knowing that she was incurably ill, Storni committed suicide in 1938. A volume containing all her poetry, Obra poetica completa (“Complete Poetical Works”), was published in 1961.

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