Emilia Prieto Tugores | |
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 Prieto at her home in Heredia, 1985, Photo Judy Blankenship | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 January 1902 San José, Costa Rica |
| Died | 1986 (aged 83–84) |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Graphic artist, educator, singer, composer |
Emilia Prieto Tugores (11 January 1902 – 1986) was a graphic artist, educator, singer, composer, and scholar of folklore from the Central Valley of Costa Rica, one of the few women to enter the field of artistic satire in the first half of the 20th century. Her work was recognized with a Joaquín Monge Prize for cultural periodism in the 1984. Studying her native folklore, Prieto's collection of songs "influenced [a] generation of troubadours".[1] The Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial Emilia Prieto Tugores was named for her, and awarded for the first time, in 2015.[2]
- ^ Shaw, Lauren E. (2013). Song and Social Change in Latin America. Lexington. p. 53. ISBN 9780739179499.
- ^ Chavez, Fernando; Díaz Zeledón, Natalia. "Poeta Rónald Bonilla es el Premio Magón de Cultura 2015". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2016.