Alicia Graciana Eguren (Buenos Aires, 1924 - Buenos Aires, 26 January 1977) was an Argentine teacher, poet, essayist and journalist. Biography Eguren graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a teacher of literature. She worked as a teacher of literature both in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Santa Fe. She worked at the newspaper Con Todo and the magazine Nuevo Hombre. She also edited the cultural magazine Sexto Continente. In 1946, she met and later married the Peronist leader, John William Cooke in a study center. Between 1946 and 1951, she published five books of poetry, which had a tendency to Catholic idealism. In 1953, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and married the diplomat Pedro Catella, whom she accompanied to London. Selected works Dios y el mundo, El canto de la tierra inicial, Poemas del siglo XX, Aquí, entre magias y espigas, El talud descuajado''. References 1924 births 1977 deaths Argentine educators Argentine women educators 20th-century Argentine poets Argentine women poets Argentine essayists Argentine women essayists Argentine journalists Argentine women journalists Writers from Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni 20th-century women writers 20th-century essayists 20th-century journalists