María Luisa Artecona de Thompson


María Luisa Artecona de Thompson was a Paraguayan poet and playwright. She was known for her work for children and in particular her anthology of writing for Paraguayan children.

Life

Thompson was born in Guarambaré in 1919. Her parents were Guillermo Artecona and Maria Cardenas. She went to the local Goethe School. She graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Asunción.
Her 1965 work Guarambaré won the Donsel prize which noted not only the quality but the impressive quantity of her work.
She was the Professor holding the chair for literature at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic University.
In 1992 she published her Anthology of Infantile-Juvenile Literature from Paraguay. She was recognised outside Paraguay as a writer for children.
She was an advisor to the Department of Higher Education and Cultural Diffusion of the Ministry of Education and Worship.
Thompson died on 10 December 2003 in Asunción.

Works include

She married Roberto Thompson Molinas and they had four children.