Juana Bignozzi

Juana Bignozzi (1937 – 5 August 2015) was an Argentine translator, journalist, and poet. She was a recipient of the 2000 Municipal Poetry Prize, the 2004 Konex Award, and the 2013 Rosa de Cobre Prize.

Biography Juana Bignozzi was born in 1937 to an anarchist and family. Though growing up with economic limitations, she always had privileged access to culture and education over other expenses, which Bignozzi greatly appreciated.

In the late 1950s, Bignozzi became a militant in the Communist Party, and from there became involved with the poets' circle El Pan Duro, where she met Juan Gelman, Juan Carlos Portantiero, and . She left thinking that she would return in a few years, and for that reason she did not accept the word exiliada (exiled) but accepted the words desterrada, apátrida (exiled, stateless). She spent 30 years of her life in Spain, working as a translator

Awards She was awarded the 2000 Municipal Poetry Prize, the 2004 Konex Award, and the 2013 Rosa de Cobre Prize from the National Library of Argentina.

Books 1960: Los límites 1962: Tierra de nadie 1989: Regreso a la patria 1990: Mujer de cierto orden 1993: Interior con poeta 1997: Partida de las grande líneas 2000: La ley tu ley 2010: Si alguien tiene que ser después