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Silvina Ocampo

Born

in Buenos Aires, Argentina

July 28, 1903

Died

December 14, 1993

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Silvina Ocampo Aguirre was a poet and short-fiction writer.

Ocampo was the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important Argentine magazine Sur.

Silvina was educated at home by tutors, and later studied drawing in Paris under Giorgio de Chirico. She was married to Adolfo Bioy Casares, whose lover she became (1933) when Bioy was 19. They were married in 1940. In 1954 she adopted Bioy’s daughter with another woman, Marta Bioy Ocampo (1954-94) who was killed in an automobile accident just three weeks after Silvina Ocampo’s death. ...more

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	La furia 4.12 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los que aman, odian by Silvina Ocampo, Adolfo Bioy Casares 3.35 avg rating — 1,453 ratings — published 1946 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo, Daniel Balderston (Translator), Jorge Luis Borges (Preface) 3.89 avg rating — 1,154 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Promise by Silvina Ocampo, Ernesto Montequin (Foreword), Suzanne Jill Levine (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autobiografía de Irene 4.07 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1948 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forgotten Journey by Silvina Ocampo, Carmen Boullosa (Foreword), Suzanne Jill Levine (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 1937 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las invitadas 3.93 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1961 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos completos I 4.48 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Topless Tower by Silvina Ocampo, James Womack (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cornelia frente al espejo 4.03 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Podré olvidar muchas experiencias de la vida, pero no las de la infancia. Siempre recuerdo aquel verso que dice: ¡Oh, infancia! ¡Oh, mi amiga! Y lo que importa en él es lo que no se dice. Nuestra infancia es ciertamente nuestra amiga, pero nosotros no fuimos amigos de nuestra infancia porque entonces no existíamos como somos ahora. Aquel ser desvalido que fuimos a veces nos conmueve porque nadie pudo comprenderlo del todo, salvo nosotros... que todavía no estábamos a su lado.”
― Silvina Ocampo

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“When you write, everything is possible, even the very opposite of what you are.”
― Silvina Ocampo, Thus Were Their Faces

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“Writing is a luxury or, with luck, a rainbow of colors. It is my lifesaver when the water of the river or the sea tries to drag me under. When you want to die you fall in love with yourself, you look for something touching that will save you.”
― Silvina Ocampo, Thus Were Their Faces

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