Ester Cosani

Rita Cosani Sologuren (24 December 1914 – March 2001) was a Chilean writer and illustrator. Using the nickname Ester Cosani,[1] she became known as one of the leaders of early children's literature in Chile through her works which were published in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[2][3]

Ester Cosani
Born
Rita Cosani Sologuren

(1914-12-24)24 December 1914
Arica, Chile
DiedMarch 2001 (aged 86)
Concepción, Chile
OccupationWriter, illustrator

Career

Cosani's work as a cartoonist began for the magazine El Colegial.[4] She later participated in drafting the charter of the Chilean Drawing Alliance, which she signed in 1941, along with illustrators Carmen Eysaud, Elizabeth Wilkens, and Elena Poirier. In 1951 she was awarded the Director's Prize of the National Theater for her work La casa de las ratas. She also narrated a children's radio program named La cajita de música.[4]

Works
  • Leyenda de la quena (1938)
  • Leyendas de la vieja casa (1938)
  • Para saber y contar (1939)
  • Las desventuras de Andrajo (1942)
  • Cuentos a Pelusa (1943)
  • La casa de las ratas (1943)
  • Cuentos a Beatriz (1957)
  • Una historia de ángeles (1957)
  • Rimas (1994)
  • Cuentos de Tocorí de la Sierra (1995)[1][4][5]

References
  1. "Cosani Ester". Qué de Libros (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. Peña Muñoz, Manuel. "Breve historia de la literatura infantil chilena" [Brief history of Chilean Children's Literature]. Lectura Viva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "Literatura infantil chilena (1821–2002)" [Chilean Children's Literature (1821–2002)]. Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. Peña Muñoz, Manuel (1982). "Entre 1940 y 1945. Autores y titulos" [Between 1940 and 1945. Authors and Titles]. Historia de la literatura infantil chilena [History of Chilean Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Santiago: Andrés Bello. pp. 56–61. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  5. García, Mauricio. "Mujeres e Historieta en Chile" [Women and Comics in Chile]. ErgoComics (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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