Alicia Eguren

Alicia Graciana Eguren
Born	(1925-10-11)October 11, 1925 Buenos Aires
Disappeared	January 27, 1977
Status	Dead
Died	September 19, 1977(1977-09-19) (aged 51) Río de la Plata
Cause of death	Victim of state assassination
Alma mater	Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires
Occupation(s)	Revolutionary, Poet, Writer, Journalist, Professor
Years active	1946–1977
Organization	Sexto Continete Newspaper
Notable work	Dios y el mundo El canto de la tierra inicial Poemas del siglo XX Aquí, entre magias y espigas El talud descuajado.
Political party	Peronism Revolutionary Peronist Acction Revolutionary Peronism Anti-Imperialst Front for Socialism
Other political affiliations	Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Spouse(s)	Pedro Catella John William Cooke
Children	Pedro Gustavo Catella Eguren
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Lieutenant to Che Guevara

Alicia Graciana Eguren (Buenos Aires, 1924 - Buenos Aires, 26 January 1977) was an Argentine teacher, poet, essayist and journalist.

Biography

Eguren graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a teacher of literature. She worked as a teacher of literature both in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Santa Fe. She worked at the newspaper Con Todo and the magazine Nuevo Hombre. She also edited the cultural magazine Sexto Continente. In 1946, she met and later married the Peronist leader, John William Cooke in a study center. Between 1946 and 1951, she published five books of poetry, which had a tendency to Catholic idealism. In 1953, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and married the diplomat Pedro Catella, whom she accompanied to London.

Selected works

• Dios y el mundo,
• El canto de la tierra inicial,
• Poemas del siglo XX,
• Aquí, entre magias y espigas,
• El talud descuajado.