Diana Bellessi

Diana Bellessi (born 1946) is an Argentine poet.

Life Diana Bellessi was born in 1946, in Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina. She studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. From 1969 to 1975, she walked the continent.

For two years, she coordinated writing workshops in prisons in Buenos Aires. She embodied this experience in the book Contraband Paloma (Torres Aguero, Buenos Aires, 1988).

In March 2008, she participated in the Fourth International Festival of İzmir, dedicated to Latin America, with Sergio Badilla Castillo, María Baranda, Rei Berroa, Rafael Courtoisie, Pablo Armando Fernández, and Margarita Laso.

She lives in Buenos Aires.

Awards 1993 Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry 1996 Antorchas Foundation fellowship 2004 Premio Konex, Merit Award 2007 Fondo Nacional de las Artes, lifetime award in poetry

Works Destino y propagaciones, Edit. Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Núcleo del Guayas, 1972 Crucero ecuatorial, Ediciones Sirirí, 1980 Tributo del mudo, Ediciones Sirirí, 1982 Danzante de doble máscara, 1985 Eroica, Libros de Tierra Firme/Ediciones Ultimo Reino, 1988 Buena travesía, buena ventura pequeña Uli, 1991 El Jardín, Bajo la Luna Nueva, 1992, Crucero Ecuatorial / Tributo del Mudo, 1994 The Twins, the Dream (with Ursula K. Le Guin), Arte Publico Press, 1996, Sur, Libros de Tierra Firme, 1998 Gemelas del sueño (con U.K. Le Guin), 1998 Mate cocido, Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, 2002, La Edad Dorada, Adriana Hidalgo Editora, 2003, La rebelión del Instante, Adriana Hidalgo Editora, 2005, Variaciones de la luz, Bajo la Luna, 2006, Tener lo que se tiene - Poesía reunida, 2009 "Gender and Translation", Voice-overs: translation and Latin American literature, Editors Daniel Balderston, Marcy E. Schwartz, SUNY Press, 2002, Las Malas lenguas: antología del cancionero tradicional picaresco, Editors Diana Bellessi, Noemí Diez, Ediciones Del Sol, 1992, A palavra nômade: poesia argentina dos anos 70, Editor Santiago Kovadloff, Iluminuras Ltda, 1990,