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Alejandra Pizarnik

Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
Person human Q272441

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[20]
Date of birth
April 29, 1936
Date of death
September 25, 1972
Place of birth
Avellaneda
Place of death
Buenos Aires
Country of citizenship
Argentina[11]
Occupation
linguist, diarist, poet, translator, literary critic, writer, painter, artist, librettist[12][13][14][15]
Educated at
University of Paris, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires[16][17]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship[18][19]
Genre
epistolary literature, essay, poetry[22][23][24]
Cause of death
drug overdose[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish, French[34][35]
Archives at
Mariano Moreno National Library, Princeton University Library[25][26]
Described by source
Latin American Women Writers: an Encyclopedia, Third World Women's Literatures[32][33]
Family name
Pizarnik[28]
Given name
Alejandra, Flora[29][30]
Manner of death
suicide[31]
Name in native language
Flora Alejandra Pizarnik[36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Every Book Its Reader 2025
Place of burial
La Tablada Cemetery[10]
Sexual orientation
bisexuality[21]
Start of work period
1955[37]
Writing language
Spanish
🏷️ Also known as
en Alejandra Pizarnik en The poetess with a passionate heart en Flora Alejandra Pizarnik ar أليخاندرا بيزارنيك cs Alejandra Pizarniková da Flora Alejandra Pizarnik de Flora Pizarnik de Pizarnik es Pizarnik es Flora Alejandra Pizarnik fa آلخاندرا پیسارنیک fi Flora Alejandra Pizarnik he אלחנדרה פיסארניק he פיסארניק ko 알레한드라 피사르니크 ko 플로라 알레한드라 피사르니크 pl Flora Alejandra Pizarnik pt Flora Alejandra Pizarnik ru Алехандра Писарник ru Писарник
🔖 Identifiers · 91
ISNI
0000000110413691
VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Artists of the World ID
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Autores.ar ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BAnQ authority ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNMM authority ID
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BVMC person ID
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Babelio author ID
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BiblioNet author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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BookBrainz author ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CipM poet ID
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DBNL author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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DUC ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Dialnet author ID
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
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Enciclopedia delle donne ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
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FemBio ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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Harper's tag
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ISFDB author ID
118139
IdRef ID
028262352
IxTheo authority ID
080186211
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
119374951
KBR person ID
14138302
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kallías ID
PE00315519, PE00516753
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
35066434
LibraryThing author ID
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Libris-URI
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Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
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LyricsTranslate ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLAI ID
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NLP ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000256698
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
000679343
National Library of Chile ID
000822982
National Library of Greece ID
310695
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000106178
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007266530505171
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810548817505606
National Library of Portugal ID
172631
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1061545
National Library of Uruguay authority ID
000027208
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07519029X
Obálky knih ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3957826
Open Library ID
OL286671A
Perlentaucher ID
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Poetry Foundation ID
alejandra-pizarnik
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1365397
Printemps des poètes poet ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A003698153
Radio France person ID
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Regensburg Classification
IQ 74310
SBN author ID
TO0V079022
SELIBR ID
234875
SHARE Catalogue author ID
603490
SNAC ARK ID
w69w42v4
Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID
88761
Treccani ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
981058594309806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1090862
WBIS ID
S558-870-4
WikiTree person ID
Pizarnik-1
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c7c881b9-fea0-4be5-bec8-9b0e29171cc5

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
writer, poet, translator, linguist, literary critic, diarist
Genre 3
poetry, essay, epistolary literature
Archives at 2
Mariano Moreno National Library, Princeton University Library
Award received 2
Fulbright Scholarship, Guggenheim Fellowship
Given name 2
Flora, Alejandra
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Spanish, French
Cause of death 1
drug overdose
Country of citizenship 1
Argentina
Educated at 1
University of Paris
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
suicide
Place of birth 1
Avellaneda
Place of burial 1
La Tablada Cemetery
Place of death 1
Buenos Aires
Sex or gender 1
female
Sexual orientation 1
bisexuality
Writing language 1
Spanish
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Summary

Alejandra Pizarnik was born on April 29, 1936[1], in Avellaneda[2]. She died on September 25, 1972[3], in Buenos Aires[4]. She worked as a linguist[5], diarist[6], poet[7], translator[8], and literary critic[9].

FAQs

Where was Alejandra Pizarnik born?

Alejandra Pizarnik's place of birth was Avellaneda[2].

Where did Alejandra Pizarnik die?

Alejandra Pizarnik died in Buenos Aires[4].

What did Alejandra Pizarnik do for work?

Alejandra Pizarnik worked as a linguist[5], diarist[6], poet[7], translator[8], and literary critic[9].

Where did Alejandra Pizarnik go to school?

Alejandra Pizarnik was educated at University of Paris[16] and Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires[17].

What awards did Alejandra Pizarnik receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[18] and Fulbright Scholarship[19].

Related Entities

Argentina Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute poetry University of Paris

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . La Izquierda Diario. wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Latin American Women Writers: an Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. es.findagrave.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . uglyducklingpresse.org. Retrieved . uglyducklingpresse.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . argentina.gob.ar. Retrieved . argentina.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . arks.princeton.edu. Retrieved . arks.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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