Henriette Morvan

Enriqueta Peptitpas Cotton (born 1900; year of death unknown), better known as Henriette Morvan or Damita Duende, was a Chilean journalist, writer, and editor. Associated with the genres of children's and young adult literature, she wrote and compiled related stories.

Career Beginning in the 1930s, children's literature became prominent in Chile. In this context, Henriette Morvan established herself as one of the leaders of the genre, with publications such as Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes and Doce cuentos de hadas, both from 1938. She was linked to other authors of the time, such as Ernesto Montenegro with his 1930 work Cuentos de mi Tío Ventura, In addition, her work is included in a group of authors "whose main concern was to educate by more didactic methods," among whom was Ester Cosani. In addition, she wrote for various publications in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba.

Works Manual de cocina (1938) Sume: Leyenda brasileña (1939) El héroe de Lepanto (1948, essay) Boomerang (1957, novel) La Cenicienta: cuento de Grimm (own version, Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943) Cuentos para ti, Nena (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1941) El mago de Oz: versión autorizada y basada en la película de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940) El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940) Cuentos infantiles en verso (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939) Los doce milagros (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939) El milagro de los ojos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) Blanca nieves y los siete enanitos ("Cinesca" version; Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1937)

Doce Cuentos series Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) Doce cuentos de hadas (1938) Doce Cuentos de Gigantes y enanos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939) Doce cuentos de Navidad (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939) Doce Cuentos de encantamiento (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939) Doce Cuentos de la abuela (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) Doce cuentos de oro y plata (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) Doce Cuentos del mar (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938) Doce Cuentos de animales (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940) Doce Cuentos de juguetes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943) Doce cuentos de recreo y deportes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1944)