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Amalia Polleri
Amalia Polleri de Viana (26 June 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a Uruguayan teacher, artist, poet, journalist, and art critic. Biography Amalia Polleri devoted herself to painting, sculpture, engraving, poetry, and storytelling. She was a teacher of drawing and defender of women's rights. She wrote for ''La República (Uruguay), La República'', ''El Diario (Uruguay), El Diario'', ''La Mañana (Uruguay), La Mañana'', ''Brecha (newspaper), Brecha'', and other print media. She also worked in radio journalism. She received the from B'nai B'rith Uruguay. She was a teacher of secondary education at the and (UTU). Polleri died on 18 June 1996, at the age of 86. In 2013, an exhibition was held at the that reviewed part of her work. Awards Polleri won 1st prize in drawing and engraving at the 1942 National Salon for her drawing ''El niño loco''. In 1995 she received the Gold Candelabrum Award from the Jewish organization B'nai Brith in recognition of her career. Works * ''El niño l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
