13 Facts About Silvina Bullrich

Silvina Bullrich was a best-selling Argentine novelist, as well as a translator, screenwriter, critic, and academic.

Silvina Bullrich was known in Argentina as la gran burguesa.

Silvina Bullrich was born to Maria Laura Meyrelles de Bullrich, of Portuguese descent and to Rafael Bullrich, a distinguished Argentine cardiologist and Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires.

Silvina Bullrich was unable to pursue a university diploma, but received a diploma in French language studies from the Buenos Aires Alliance Francaise.

Silvina Bullrich married Arturo Palenque in 1936 and had one son.

Silvina Bullrich lost her father, elder sister and paternal grandmother during this interim, the latter two of whom she was particularly close with.

Silvina Bullrich was awarded the Municipal Literary Prize for El hechicero and Un momento muy largo in 1961.

Silvina Bullrich taught French literature at the National University of La Plata, and in 1962 invited to adapt French author Guy des Cars' novel Les Filles de joie into an Argentine film version; "A Lasting Moment" was likewise adapted into film with Bullrich's script in 1964.

Silvina Bullrich's Manana digo basta was likewise hailed as a compelling feminist argument following its 1968 publication; El mundo que yo vi was a well-received account of her extensive travels through Europe and Asia; and her Los pasajeros del jardin, a sentimental account of her marriage with Marcelo Dupont, earned her a National Literary Prize in 1972.

Silvina Bullrich's continued success led to a 1975 film adaptation of her novel "Crystal Jubilee," for which she wrote the screenplay.

Silvina Bullrich translated Les filles de joie for the screen, as well as Argentine editions of works by Simone de Beauvoir, Beatrix Beck, Graham Greene, Louis Jouvet, and George Sand.

Silvina Bullrich contributed to an acclaimed 1984 documentary, Eva Peron: quien quiera oir que oiga ; while not a Peronist, Bullrich's commentary highlighted the late first lady's significance to the role of women in Argentina.

Silvina Bullrich was buried in the Jardin de Paz cemetery in Pilar, Buenos Aires.