Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés

Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés
Born
Blanca Subercaseaux Errázuriz;

c. 1885c. 1887
Chile
DiedAugust 1965 (aged 77–80)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • artist
Spouse
Horacio Valdés Ortúzar
(m. 1906)
Children5 including,
Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux
Gabriel Valdés
FatherRamón Subercaseaux Vicuña
RelativesPedro Subercaseaux (brother)
Luis Subercaseaux (brother)
Juan Subercaseaux (brother)
Juan Gabriel (grandson)
José Tomás Errázuriz (uncle)
Eugenia Errázuriz (aunt)
Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso (grandfather)
FamilySubercaseaux
Writing career
Pen nameCarmen Valle
LanguageSpanish
Latin
Years active1929–1965

Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (née Subercaseaux Errázuriz; c. 1885c. 1887 – 1965[1][2]), known by the pen name Carmen Valle, was a Chilean writer and artist.[3][4]

Biography

Blanca Subercaseaux Errázuriz was born in either 1885 or 1887 in Chile to Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña, a painter, politician and diplomat, and Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (née Errázuriz Urmeneta; 1860–1930), the founder of the League of Chilean Women.[5][6][7] Through her father Subercaseaux was a member of the Subercaseaux family, and was the granddaughter of the politician and businessperson Ramón Subercaseaux Mercado.[5][8] Through her mother Subercaseaux was the granddaughter of Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso,[5] and the niece of José Tomás Errázuriz and Eugenia Errázuriz. One of six siblings, Subercaseaux was the sister of Pedro Subercaseaux, Luis Subercaseaux and Juan Subercaseaux.[6]

In the 1890s the family lived in Paris before returning to Chile.[5] In 1892, Subercaseaux and her sister Rosaria were the subjects of A Portrait of the Daughters of Ramón Subercaseaux by Anders Zorn.[9] From 1898 to 1903 the family lived in Berlin.[5][6]

Career

Subercaseaux primarily wrote Catholic devotional literature and biographies. In 1929, Subercaseaux wrote the latin libretto for Marta Canales' "Marta y María".[10] The same year Subercaseaux and her family moved to Italy before later returning to Chile.[11]

In 1935, Subercaseaux was the Honorary General President for the Consejo de las Marías de los Sagrarios.[12]

In August 1947, Subercaseaux exhibited a series of watercolours alongside her son Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux.[13]

Personal life

In September 1906, Subercaseaux married Horacio Valdés Ortúzar, an engineer.[14][3][11] Valdés and Subercaseaux had 5 children including Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux and Gabriel Valdés.[15][16]

A friend of Gabriela Mistral, the poems "Message to Blanca" (Spanish: Encargo a Blanca) and "Blessings" (Spanish: Bendiciones; 1924) are dedicated to Subercaseaux.[4][17][18]

Subercaseaux died in August 1965.[1][19]

Bibliography

  • Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (1 ed.). Padre Las Casas, Chile: San Francisco. c. 1934.
  • Valle, Carmen (1939). Nuestro hermano o la belleza de Jesús conocida a través de las Sagradas Escrituras. Padre Las Casas, Chile: San Francisco.[20][21]
  • Valle, Carmen (1954). Don Maximiano. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Alonso Ovalle.
  • Valle, Carmen (1965). Mara. Santiago, Chile: Del Pacífico.

References

  1. ^ a b "Subercaseaux de Valdés, Blanca, 1887–1965". Búsqueda en autoridades (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: National Library of Argentina. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Subercaseaux de Valdés, Blanca (1885?–19??)". IdRef (in French). Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b Pascal Allende, Denise (11 December 2011). "HOMENAJE AL EX SENADOR GABRIEL VALDÉS SUBERCASEAUX". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b "[Lectura de los poemas "Bendiciones" y "La otra"] voz de la autora [grabación sonora] : Gabriela Mistral". Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile: Archivo Audiovisual (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: National Library of Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ramírez Errázuriz, Verónica (1 March 2018). "Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux". Christian-Muslim Relations Online 2. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. ISSN 2451-9537.
  6. ^ a b c "Reseña Biográfica Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  7. ^ "The Catholic Woman's Home Page: A Distinguished Chilean Family". The Canadian Register. Quebec, Canada. 6 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Reseña Biográfica Ramón Subercaseaux Mercado". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  9. ^ "(#35) Anders Zorn". 19th Century European Art. Sotheby's. 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  10. ^ Bustos Valderrama, R. (1982). "Marta Canales Pizarro (1895–)". Revista Musical Chilena (in Spanish). 36 (157). Santiago, Chile: 40–64.
  11. ^ a b Miranda, S. (7 September 2011). "Gabriel Valdés: fue una vida entretenida". La Cuarta (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  12. ^ Hoffman de Wightman, Luisa (26 January 1935). "Carta de Blanca Echaurren a Carlos Casanueva 21 de enero de 1935" (PDF). Archivo Histórico (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. pp. 3–4.
  13. ^ Valdés Subercaseaux, Margarita (1993). "Misionero". Fray Francisco Valdes Subercaseaux (in Spanish) (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Andrés Bello. p. 52. ISBN 9789561311237. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Blanca Subercaseaux Errázuriz and Horacio Valdés Ortúzar [marriage record]". Chile, Civil Registration, 1885–1903 [database on-line]. Santiago, San Miguel, Matrimonios 1903–1906. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1906.
  15. ^ Griffin, Verónica (27 April 2018). "Monseñor Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux su labor artística". Humanitas (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Reseña Biográfica Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  17. ^ Guerrero, Pedro Pablo (2007). "Violeta Quevedo, una mujer nada de tonta [artículo]". Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile: Archivo de Referencias Críticas (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: El Mercurio. pp. E16–E17. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  18. ^ Strems-Tregear, Ineta (2012). "LESBIAN IDENTITY IN GABRIELA MISTRAL'S POETRY: A CONTROVERSY". THE CONSTRUCTION OF POETIC IDENTITY IN THREE WOMEN POETS: POZZI, MISTRAL, AND AKHMATOVA. Modern and Classical Languages and Literature. Wichita State University (Master of Arts thesis). Wichita, Kansas: Shocker Open Access Repository. pp. 16–28. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  19. ^ "LA SEÑORA SUBERCASEAUX DE VALDÉS". La Nación. Santiago, Chile. 31 August 1965. p. 27. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  20. ^ a b c d e Valle, Carmen (1944). "OBRAS.DE LA AUTORA". In San Francisco (ed.). Un alma cumbre: Juana Ross de Edwards (PDF). p. III. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  21. ^ Eyzaguirre, Jaime (May 1940). "RELIGION Y CIENCIA: "Nuestro hermano", por Carmen Valle". Estudios (in Spanish). Vol. 89. Santiago, Chile. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 5 March 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)