Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés
Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés | |
|---|---|
| Born | Blanca Subercaseaux Errázuriz; c. 1885–c. 1887 Chile |
| Died | August 1965 (aged 77–80) |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Horacio Valdés Ortúzar
(m. 1906) |
| Children | 5 including, Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux Gabriel Valdés |
| Father | Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña |
| Relatives | Pedro Subercaseaux (brother) Luis Subercaseaux (brother) Juan Subercaseaux (brother) Juan Gabriel (grandson) José Tomás Errázuriz (uncle) Eugenia Errázuriz (aunt) Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso (grandfather) |
| Family | Subercaseaux |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Carmen Valle |
| Language | Spanish Latin |
| Years active | 1929–1965 |
Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (née Subercaseaux Errázuriz; c. 1885–c. 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 (1938). Francisca o la puerta angosta. Padre Las Casas, Chile: San Francisco. [20]
- 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 (1940). Hasta que el venga: Cuentos para los Catolicos. Santiago, Chile.
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- Valle, Carmen (1941). Cántico nuevo. Temuco, Chile: Padre Las Casas. [20]
- Valle, Carmen (1942). Sabado Santo: Novela. Padre Las Casas, Chile: San Francisco. [20]
- Valle, Carmen (1944). Un alma cumbre: Juana Ross de Edwards (PDF). Padre Las Casas, Chile: San Francisco.
- Subercaseaux de Valdés, Blanca (1946). Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (2 ed.). Buenos Aires: Emecé.
- Valle, Carmen (1954). Don Maximiano. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Alonso Ovalle.
- Valle, Carmen (1965). Mara. Santiago, Chile: Del Pacífico.
References
- ^ a b "Subercaseaux de Valdés, Blanca, 1887–1965". Búsqueda en autoridades (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: National Library of Argentina. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Subercaseaux de Valdés, Blanca (1885?–19??)". IdRef (in French). Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Reseña Biográfica Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "The Catholic Woman's Home Page: A Distinguished Chilean Family". The Canadian Register. Quebec, Canada. 6 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Reseña Biográfica Ramón Subercaseaux Mercado". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "(#35) Anders Zorn". 19th Century European Art. Sotheby's. 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ Bustos Valderrama, R. (1982). "Marta Canales Pizarro (1895–)". Revista Musical Chilena (in Spanish). 36 (157). Santiago, Chile: 40–64.
- ^ a b Miranda, S. (7 September 2011). "Gabriel Valdés: fue una vida entretenida". La Cuarta (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Reseña Biográfica Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "LA SEÑORA SUBERCASEAUX DE VALDÉS". La Nación. Santiago, Chile. 31 August 1965. p. 27. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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