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4 unusual facts about María Elena Walsh


Juan Carlos Baglietto

On a more traditional vein, together with Lito Vitale he headed a collaboration that culminated in Postales de este lado del mundo (1991), an album which included themes from popular traditional Argentine composers, like Carlos Gardel, Homero Manzi, the brothers Expósito, Mariano Mores, Enrique Santos Discépolo and María Elena Walsh.

María Elena Walsh

When she was 15, Walsh had some of her poems published in El Hogar magazine and La Nación newspaper.

In 1985 she received the title of Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires, and in 1990 was named Doctor honoris causa of the National University of Cordoba and Illustrious People of Buenos Aires Province as well.

Maria Walsh

María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), Argentine known for her songs and books for children


Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

She received a fellowship from the Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 1986 and authored biographies on María Elena Walsh (1979), Diego Maradona (1993), and Eva Perón (1995).


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