|
Gloria Escomel
Gloria Escomel (born October 15, 1941) is a Uruguayan-born Canadian writer.Bill Marshall, Will Kaufman, Cristina Johnston, eds. ''France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History''. p. 418. ABC-CLIO, 2005. . She first moved from Uruguay to France in 1960 to study literature at the Université de Paris, later moving to Canada to pursue her doctorate at the Université de Montréal. Escomel was a lecturer at the Université du Québec à Montréal from 1978 to 1988, and wrote as a journalist for publications including ''Châtelaine'', ''L'Actualité'', ''Perspectives'', ''La Gazette des femmes'', ''Le Devoir'', '' La Liberté'' and ''La Nouvelle barre du jour''. She received the Judith Jasmin Award in 1988 for her ''Gazette'' article "Quelle vieillesse vous préparez-vous: un âge d'or ou d'argent?" Escomel has also published novels, short stories and radio plays for Radio-Canada's ''Première Chaîne'', as well as numerous policy documents for the Government of Quebec ... [...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] |
