Norah Lange (October 23, 1905 – August 5, 1972) was a Norwegian-Argentine writer, who was associated with the Buenos Aires ''

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'' of the 1920s and 1930s.

Life

A member of the

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, which also included figures such as

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(whom she married in 1943) and

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(who dedicated an article to her in his first book of prose, ''Inquisiciones''), she published in the " ultraist" magazines ''Prisma'', ''Proa'', and ''Martín Fierro''. Her ultra-

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poetry influenced other well-known Argentine writers such as Nydia Lamarque,

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, Maria Dhialma Tiberti, and Ines Malinow. Her 1950 novel ''Personas en la sala'' was published in English as '' People in the Room'' (trans. Charlotte Whittle) by

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in 2018. In 1958, SADE (the Argentine Society of writers) awarded her their Grand Prize of Honor.

Works

Poetry

* ''La calle de la tarde'' (''The Street in the Evening'', 1925), with a prologue by Borges * ''Los días y las noches'' (''Days and Nights'', 1926) * ''El rumbo de la rosa'' (1930)

Prose

* ''Voz de la vida'' (''The Voice of Life'', 1927), novel * ''45 días y 30 marineros'' (''45 Days and 30 Sailors'', 1933), novel * ''Cuadernos de infancia'' (''Childhood Notebooks'', 1937), autobiographical work, received the Buenos Aires Municipal Prize and the Argentine National Second Prize. * ''Discursos'' (''Speeches'', 1942), speeches * ''Antes que mueran'' (''Before They Die'', 1944), autobiographical work * ''Personas en la sala'' ( People in the Room, 1950), novel * ''Los dos retratos'' (''The Two Portraits'', 1956), novel * ''Estimados congéneres''

References

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Al rescate de Norah Lange, la dama de la vanguardia del 20
1905 births Argentine people of Norwegian descent Argentine people of Scandinavian descent 1972 deaths Argentine women poets Place of birth missing Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery 20th-century Argentine women writers 20th-century Argentine writers 20th-century Argentine poets Argentine women novelists 20th-century Argentine novelists {{Argentina-writer-stub