Matilde Alba Swann

Matilde Kirilovsky de Creimer (24 February 1912 – 13 September 2000), better known by her penname Matilde Alba Swann, was an Argentine poet, journalist, and lawyer. She was one of the first women to earn a law degree at the National University of La Plata, in 1933.

Biography Matilde Kirilovsky was born in Berisso on 24 February 1912, the daughter of Russian immigrants Alaquin Kirilovsky and Emma Ioffe. She earned her baccalaureate at the Colegio Superior de Señoritas (now Liceo Víctor Mercante) in 1929, and her licentiate in law at the National University of La Plata in 1933.

As a lawyer, she focused on defending the interests of minorities and underprivileged children, and served as an advisor to the and the Ministry of Health. She also served as president of the La Plata branch of the . Her poems were praised by Jorge Luis Borges, and she was close friends with writer Ernesto Sabato.

She died in La Plata on 13 September 2000, and was buried at La Plata Cemetery. Augusto Mario Delfino Award for Poetry

Publications Canción y grito (1955) Salmo al retorno (1956) Madera para mi mañana (1957) Tránsito del infinito adentro (1959) Coral y remolino (1960) Grillo y cuna (1971) Con un hijo bajo el brazo (1978) Crónica de mí misma (1980)