awarded the First Municipal prize as well as the second National Literature Prize. References External links Alfonsina at the Cervantes Virtual Library (Spanish) Alfonsina by Agriela Deccicco (Spanish) Alfonsina, a 1957 film starring Amelia Bence (Spanish) 1892 births 1938 suicides Argentine women poets Argentine people of Swiss-Italian descent Argentine people of Italian descent Suicides by drowning People who died at sea Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery Suicides in Argentina Swiss emigrants to Argentina People from Lugano District 20th-century Argentine poets 20th-century women writers