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Alfonsina Storni
This article is about the Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright. For the Argentine sailor and foreign minister, see Segundo Storni. For the Argentine archbishop, see Edgardo Gabriel Storni.
Argentine poet (–)
Alfonsina Storni (29 May – 25 October ) was a Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Storni was born on May 29, , in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland. Her parents were Alfonso Storni and Paola Martignoni, who were of Italian-Swiss nedstigning. Before her birth, her father had started a brewery in the city of San Juan, Argentina, producing beer and soda. In , following the advice of a doctor, he returned with his wife to Switzerland, where Alfonsina was born the following year; she lived there until she was four years old. In the family returned to San Juan, Argentina, and a few years later, in , moved to Rosario because of economic issues[vague]. There her father opened a tavern, where
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Alfonsina Storni's commemorative stamp, "Women in History" collection, Republica Argentina, |
I'm going to sleep
Teeth of petals, cap of dew,
hands of herbs, you dear, sweet nursemaid,
prepare for me the earthly sheets
and the quilt of carded moss.
Im going to sleep, my nursemaid, lay me down.
Put a lamp on the nightstand for me;
or a constellation, whatever you like;
both are fine; lower it a bit.
Leave me by myself: hear the buds breaking
rocked by a heavenly foot from above,
and a bird draws curves before you
as to forget Thank you. Oh, a favor:
if he calls again
tell him not to insist, that I have left
Translation in English by LiteraryJoint, Copyright LiteraryJoint by Alessandro Baruffi
Original text in Spanish:
Voy a dormir
Dientes de flores, cofia de rocío,
manos de hierbas, tú, nodriza fina,
tenme prestas las sábanas terrosas
y el edredón de musgos escardados.
Voy a dormir, nodriza mía, acuéstame.
Ponme
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In the village of Sala Capriasca, Alfonsina Storni was born in April of When she was four, the family moved to San Juan and then in they moved to Rosario, Argentina. Seven years later, they had their fourth child, Hildo, for whom Alfonsina developed a maternal affection. From this point forward, the family lived under reduced circumstances due to a bankruptcy of the family business. Her mother tried to run a pr