| LC control no. | no 94027629 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ7797.B6744 |
| Personal name heading | Brindis de Salas, Virginia |
| Variant(s) | De Salas, Virginia Brindis Salas, Virginia Brindis de |
| Associated country | Uruguay |
| Birth date | 1908 |
| Death date | 1958 |
| Place of birth | Montevideo (Uruguay) |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Civil rights |
| Affiliation | Nuestra Raza (Journal) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Women authors, Black Human rights workers |
| Found in | Pregón de marimorena, 1946: t.p. (Virginia Brindis de Salas) front cover flap (Virginia Brindis de Salas, b. in 1908 in Montevideo, writer and advocate of the rights of blacks in Uruguay, little or nothing was known of her work and her life; published " Pregón de Marimorena," 1947, and "Cien cárceles de Amo," 1949, an early attempt to make heard the voice of black Uruguayans, praised by Gabriela Mistral; d. in 1958 in Buenos Aires) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed December 29, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brindis de Salas, Virginia; poet; born 1908 in Montevideo, Uruguay; published a number of poems in Nuestra Raza, before her first book appeared in 1946, Pregon de Marimorena (The Call of Mary Morena) followed by a second volume of poetry, Ciencarceles de amor (One Hundred Prisons of Love); her poetry addresses the social reality of Black Uruguayans; by the end of the twentieth century her work had been anthologized and she deservedly received more critical attention; died in 1958) |
| Associated language | spa |
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