Laura Devetach
Maria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children.
Laura Devetach
Isol from Buenos Aires, Argentina · Laura Devetach, Luchini, Chiesa · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Name
- Laura Devetach
- Born
- 5 October 1936
- Birthplace
- Reconquista, Santa Fe
- Known for
- writing for children in Spanish
- Education
- Cordoba University
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- writer · poet · literary scholar
- Languages
- Spanish
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Maria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children.
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• Name — Laura Devetach • Born — 5 October 1936 • Birthplace — Reconquista, Santa Fe • Known for — writing for children in Spanish • Education — Cordoba University
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Devetach was born in Reconquista, Santa Fe in 1936 to a Slovenian father and an Argentine mother who was very skilled with textiles. She has worked as an educator of both children and adults. Devetach has published more than ninety books and many of these are for children. She was married to Gustavo Roldán who died in 2012 and they had two children. One of these children is a cartoonist named for his father. He has illustrated some of his mother's books.
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- 1.El nombre completo de la escritora es María Laura Devetach, pero en todas sus publicaciones y escritos firma sin el primer nombre.
- 2.María Laura Devetach: Author – Argentina. 54. 1918-6983.
- 3."Laura Devetach - Bibliografía".
- 4."Reflexiones acerca de la literatura infantil y la formación de maestros".
- 5.Literatura infantil, escuela y construcción de subjetividad. Conversaciones con Laura Devetach. 13. 2313-9048.
- 6.Laura Devetach obtiene el VI Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.
- 7.LAURA ROLDÁN DEVETACH: “NO SOY ESCRITORA DE OFICIO, SOY PROMOTORA DE LA LECTURA”.
- 8.Quien es Ella en Santa Fe. Tomo 2. 950-843-448-1.
- 9."El objetivo de la escuela es sensibilizar a los lectores".
- 10.Devetach, Laura. Autobiografía.
- 11.Klibanski, Mónica. "Laura Devetach : "Hay que alimentar los espacios poéticos con libros y arte".
- 12.Macjus, Cristina. "Vale la pena equivocarse".
- 13."Los libros infantiles prohibidos por la dictadura militar en Argentina".
- 14.El corral de la infancia.
- 15.Reparación simbólica de una injusticia.
- 16.Devetach, Laura. "Un cuento que no se podía leer en los años de la Dictadura: ‘La Planta de Bartolo’, por Laura Devetach".
- 17.Historia crítica de la Literatura Argentina: La narración gana la partida. 9500421445.
- 18."Una torre de cubos para armar en libertad", Revista Imaginaria, 15 de marzo del 2006
- 19.Boland, Elisa. "Entrevista con Laura Devetach. O de cómo escribir en la arena y construir una torre señera".
- 20."Laura Devetach".
- 21."Laura Devetach".
- 22."Laura Devetach".
- 23."2000´s IBBY Honour List".
- 24."Laura Devetach".
- 25.La construcción del camino lector.
- 26."Laura Devetach".
- 27."La Planta De Bartolo".
- 28.Resolución 231/08 del Honorable Consejo Superior de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. "La Laura del Honoris".
- 29."Fue distinguida la escritora de libros infantiles María Laura Devetach".
- 30.Demarchi, Rogelio. "Hay paternalismo hacia los chicos".
- 31.Álvarez Plá, Bárbara. "Los argentinos, en el centro de la Feria del Libro Infantil de Bolonia".
- 32.Perriconi, Graciela. "Entrevista con Laura Devetach:«Me atraen las historias en las que todo un pueblo o la gente, termina haciendo algo en conjunto, consciente o inconscientemente»".
- 33.López Swinyard, Claudia. La hormiga que canta.
- 34.Heinrich, Milena. Laura Devetach: "La literatura para chicos es literatura, y habría que darle su lugar como a cualquier otra".
- 35.Devetach, Laura. "Cuento: Monigote en la arena".
- 36.Devetach, Laura. "La planta de Bartolo".
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