Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés
Chilean writer and artist
Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (née Subercaseaux Errázuriz; c. 1885–c. 1887 – 1965), known by the pen name Carmen Valle, was a Chilean writer and artist.
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), a writer and the founder of the Chilean Ladies League. Through her father Subercaseaux was a member of the Subercaseaux family, and was the granddaughter of the politician and businessperson Ramón Subercaseaux Mercado. Through her mother Subercaseaux was a member of the Errázuriz family, and was the granddaughter of Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso, and the niece of José Tomás Errázuriz and Eugenia Errázuriz. One of ten siblings, Subercaseaux was the sister of Pedro Subercaseaux, Luis Subercaseaux and Juan Subercaseaux.
In the 1890s the family lived in Paris before returning to Chile. In 1892, Subercaseaux and her sister Rosaria were the subjects of A Portrait of the Daughters of Ramón Subercaseaux by Anders Zorn. From 1898 to 1903 the family lived in Berlin.
Career
Subercaseaux primarily wrote Catholic devotional literature and biographies. In 1929, Subercaseaux wrote the latin libretto for Marta Canales' "Marta y María".
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