Olga Orozco (17 March 1920 â 15 August 1999) (full name: Olga NoemàGugliotta Orozco) was an Argentine poet. She was a recipient of the FIL Award.
She was born in Toay, La Pampa, to Carmelo Gugliotta, a Sicilian from Capo d'Orlando, and an Argentinean mother, Cecilia Orozco. She spent her childhood in BahÃÂa Blanca and at age 16 moved to Buenos Aires with her parents, where she studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires, and later initiated her career as a writer. She began working for a newspaper company, where she published works under various pseudonyms.
Orozco directed some literary publications using some pseudonymous names while she worked as a journalist. She was a member of the ëTercera Vanguardiaû generation, which had a strong surrealist tendency. No other information was provided about the group other than the fact that it functioned like a political party. Her poetic works were influenced by Rimbaud, Nerval, Baudelaire, Mià Âosz, and Rilke. Orozco's poetry explores themes of self-identity, death, mythology, and the occult. Her distinct style of writing and prosaic complexity have earned Orozco numerous literary awards, cementing her as "one of the major South American poets of the twentieth century". Her works have been translated into various languages.
Olga Orozco died in Buenos Aires from a heart attack at the age of 79.
On March 17, 2020, Google celebrated her 100th birthday with a Google Doodle.
Engravings Torn from Insomnia, trans Mary Crow, BOA Editions, Ltd., 2002. Finalist for a PEN USA Translation Award. Published with a Lannan grant.