Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) is an Argentine novelist and human rights activist. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Biographic Overview She was born in Junín, Buenos Aires. Her novel Tierra del Fuego: Una Biografia del Fin del Mundo won the 1999 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish. It is a fictionalised account of the life of Jemmy Button, a member of the Yaghan people from islands around Tierra del Fuego.
Books Her books include: En el invierno de las ciudades (1988), Editorial Galerna, Probables lluvias por la noche (1993) Emecé Editores, El Parque (1996)
Further reading Publisher's website
See also Lists of writers
Sources Bio details and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires Bio details, literatura.org