Victoria Ocampo CBE (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as La mujer más argentina ("The quintessential Argentine woman"). Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the literary magazine Sur, she was also a writer and critic in her own right and one of the most prominent South American women of her time. Her sister Silvina Ocampo, also a writer, was married to Adolfo Bioy Casares.
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Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo 7 April 1890 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Died |
1 March 1979 (aged 88) Béccar, Argentina
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Zodiac | Aries |
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