Beatriz Guido

Background

Guido was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, in the family of architect Ángel Guido and of Uruguayan actress Berta Eirin.

Education

Beatriz studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires.

Career

Beatriz wrote her first novel, La casa del ángel, in 1954. She also wrote a short story named Usurpacion. That year she was appointed cultural attaché of the Argentine Embassy in Spain.

Achievements

• In 1984 Beatriz won the Konex Merit Diploma on Letters. That year she was also appointed cultural attaché of the Argentine Embassy in Spain.

Works

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  • La Mano En La Trampa (Spanish Edition) 1961
  • La casa del angel / The house of the angel (Spanish Edition) 1954
  • End of a Day 1966
  • Fin de fiesta 1971
  • Quien Le Teme a Mis Temas? 1977
  • Apasionados (Novelistas de Nuestra Epoca) (Spanish Edition) 1982
  • El incendio y las vísperas: 17 de octubre de 1952, 15 de abril de 1953 (Biblioteca de escritoras) (Spanish Edition) 1953
  • La invitacion 1982

Politics

Because of her outspoken anti-Peronism, she was branded a "right-wing writer" and a "false aristocrat" by the government of Juan Perón.

Connections

In 1959 Beatriz married film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.

Father:

Angel Guido

Mother:

Berta (Eirin) Guido

husband:

Leopoldo Torres Nilsson