Emilia Pincheira "Mila" Oyarzún (1912October9, 1982) was a Chilean writer, poet and human rights activist who wrote poetry and novels.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (in Spanish) She is included together with Homero Arce,

María Elvira Piwonka María Elvira Piwonka Moreno (Santiago, 1913 - 2006) was a Chilean writer and poet.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (Spanish language) She is a laureate of the Santiago Municipa ...

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, and others in the group of writers known as the Generation of '38. Oyarzún was a recipient of the Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago. Oyarzún was born in

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, and died in Santiago.

Career

One of her first published literary works was the poetry collection ''Esquinas del viento'' through Editorial Nascimento (1941). It received the Premio Municipal de Poesía de Santiago (Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago).Merino Reyes, Luis (25 January 1990). Fortín Mapocho, ed
"Recuerdo activo de Mila Oyarzún"
(PDF). p. 11. (in Spanish) Along with that of María Monvel, Chela Reyes, Sylvia Moore, Gladys Thein,

, and Irma Astorga, her literary work is included within the so-called “new poetry” of Chile in the late 1950s.Elliott, Jorge (2002). ''Antología de la nueva poesía chilena: 1957''. Lom Ediciones. p. 271. ISBN 978-95-6282-536-8. (in Spanish) She held a managerial position in the Fuego de Poesía Group (founded in 1955) along with several other writers such as José Miguel Vicuña, María Silva Ossa, Carlos René Correa,

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, Francisca Ossandón. and Chela Reyes, among others.Dussuel, Francisco. "Grupo Fuego de Poesía". En Memoria Chilena, ed. ''Eliana Navarro (1920-2006)''. In the area of human rights defense in Chile, she was one of the founders of the Chilean Human Rights Commission in 1978, together with the trade unionist Clotario Blest and the lawyers

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and Jaime Castillo Velasco.

Awards

* Premio Municipal de Poesía de Santiago

Works

* ''Esquinas del viento'' (Santiago: Nascimento, 1941) * ''Estancias de soledad'' (Santiago: Ed. Tegualda, 1946) * ''Cartas a una sombra'' (novela, Santiago: 1944) * ''Pausado cielo'' (Santiago: Acanto, 1954) * ''Mediodía'' (Santiago: Ed. Universitaria, 1958)

References

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