Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ocampo, Victoria
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Ocampo, Victoria, 1890-1979
Other form(s) of name
- Victoria Ocampo
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1890-1979
History
Victoria Ocampo was a prolific author, essayist, biographer, publisher who became a feminist heroine challenging the limited roles of women in the Victorian world of the early twentieth century and in Argentine society. She came from a wealthy family, was well traveled and received an international education. She published the journal «Sur» ("the South"), which bridged North and South American culture and the best minds of Europe. She included Merton among the many diverse authors she published and translated. (Source: «The Courage for Truth», pp. 207-208.)