Sylvia Iparraguirre was born in 1947. She is an Argentine writer and someone who works to protect people's rights. She has won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Biographic Overview
She was born in Junín, a city in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her novel Tierra del Fuego: Una Biografia del Fin del Mundo received the 1999 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, which is awarded to women writers who write in Spanish. The book tells a story based on the life of Jemmy Button, who was part of the Yaghan people living on islands near Tierra del Fuego.