Magdalena Petit

Magdalena Petit Marfán (14 February 1903 – 27 September 1968) was a Chilean writer, journalist, playwright, editor and composer. Notable for her popular novels La Quintrala, Los Pincheira and Los Hijos del Caleuche, Petit wrote theater pieces, essays and biographies.

Early life and education Petit was born on 14 February 1903 in Peñaflor to Emilio Petit Pinaud, a French-born physician, and María Laura Marfán Montel. Petit was the younger sister of the painter Henriette Petit.

In 1915, Petit joined the which promoted education and culture for upper-class women. In 1920, Petit traveled with her sisters to Europe for the first time. Petit later enrolled at the where she studied to be a piano and music theory teacher. A staunch Proustian, Petit wrote two more articles on Proust for Atenea. One of the first Chileans to write about Proust, gained Petit recognition in Chilean literacy circles.

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