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Norma Huidobro

Argentinian writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ6044937
Source-derived summary

Norma Huidobro is an Argentine writer, based in Lanús. She was born on July 28, 1949. She is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires. A former teacher, she came to writing rather late, only publishing her first book ¿Quién conoce a Greta Garbo? in 2000. She has written more than 20 books, including the six-volume Anita Demare series. She won the Premio Clarin de Novela for her 2007 novel El Lugar Perdido.

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The public source identifies “Norma Huidobro” as argentinian writer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Norma, Huidobro and Argentinian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 2000, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-07-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Norma, Huidobro and Argentinian providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6044937. VIAF identifies the subject as 29074737. The Library of Congress control number is no00032794. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2000 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Norma Huidobro” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.