Marta Canessa de Monserrat (born December 16, 1936

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) is a Uruguayan

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, academic and writer. Canessa, the wife of former

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Julio María Sanguinetti Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (; born 6 January 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist, who twice served as President of Uruguay (from March 1985 until March 1990, and again, from March 1995 until March ...

, served as the

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for two non-consecutive terms - 1985 to 1990 and 1995 until 2000.

Biography

Canessa was member of the Commission special permanent of the city old in Montevideo during 15 years. Also was member of the Council honorary of the works of preservation and reconstruction of it

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, which was later declared heritage of the humanity by

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Personal life

She is the daughter of

María de Montserrat María de Montserrat Albareda (August 4, 1913 – August 23, 1995) was a Uruguayan writer who was a member of Generación del 45. Biography Together with Paulina Medeiros, Armonía Somers, Clara Silva and Selva Márquez, Montserrat was one of ...

, a writer.

Selected work

*''Rivera: un Oriental Liso y Llano'' ( Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, Montevideo. 1976) *''Ciudad Vieja de Montevideo'' *''El Bien Nacer. Limpieza de Oficios y Limpieza de Sangre. Raíces Ibéricas de un Mal Latinoamericano''. Montevideo, Alfaguara, 2000.

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Living people 1936 births People from Montevideo Uruguayan women essayists 20th-century Uruguayan historians First ladies of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti Women historians Dames Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic {{Uruguay-historian-stub