1. Alicia Jurado was an Argentine writer and academic.
13 Facts About Alicia Jurado
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Alicia Jurado spoke English and French, she knew Italian and understood German.
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Alicia Jurado was a full member of the Academia Argentina de Letras, a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, and a corresponding member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua.
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Alicia Jurado was born in Buenos Aires, May 22,1922.
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Alicia Jurado was the only daughter of Jose Antonio Jurado and Ilve Fernandez Blanco.
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Alicia Jurado lived her early childhood on the El Retiro ranch, near Pardo, Buenos Aires Province, and later moved to the city of Buenos Aires.
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Alicia Jurado studied at the Liceo Nacional de Senoritas No 1.
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Alicia Jurado received a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires.
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Alicia Jurado completed a biography of William Henry Hudson in England and the United States, through a Guggenheim Fellowship, which she published in 1971, and of Cunninghame Graham, through a Fulbright Foundation grant, which was published in 1978.
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Alicia Jurado wrote the first biography of Jorge Luis Borges, titled Genio y figura de Borges, which had several reissues.
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In 1980, Alicia Jurado was named a full member of the Academia Argentina de Letras and took the place left vacant by Victoria Ocampo.
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Alicia Jurado was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy and a corresponding member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua since November 1988.
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Alicia Jurado received distinctions such as the, the SADE Honor Sash, and the Alberti-Sarmiento Inter-American Prize.