María Luisa Carnelli (31 January 1898 -

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, 4 May 1987) was an Argentine writer, poet, and journalist. Carnelli was known for her

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

lyrics. Carnelli was born in

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on 31 January 1898, a half block from the Paseo del Bosque city park. She was one of ten children of Julia Serna and Enrique Carnelli. Her brothers listened to tango, but secretly as the parents opposed it. Carnelli adopted a leftist ideology. She married very young, had a son, but soon separated from her husband. She settled in

and earned a living as a journalist. Her articles were published in newspapers and magazines of the time: ''Crítica'', ''Noticias Gráficas'', ''Clarín'', ''La Nación'', ''El Hogar'', ''Caras y Caretas'', ''Fray Mocho'', ''Atlántida'', as well as others. She published her first book of poetry, ''Versos de mujer'', in 1922 at the age of 24, and two years later, published a second on, ''Rama frágil''.

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Argentine women poets Argentine lyricists Argentine people of Italian descent 1898 births 1987 deaths People from La Plata 20th-century Argentine journalists {{Argentina-writer-stub

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