Alfonsina Storni

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The house in Capriasca, Ticino where Alfonsina was born (photos used with the kind permission of Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina with some of her students (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina with the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral standing in the middle (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina's mother, Paolina

Alfonsina at the beach

Alfonsina with her brother, Hildo Alberto, born in Argentina in 1898 (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina at a young age (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina Storni (Alejandro Storni) Cortesía de Alejandro Storni, nietro de la poetisa

Alfonsina Storni (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina together with her son Alejandro (to her right) on the Santos de Brasil beach before her second trip to Europe in 1932. (Alejandro Storni)

Aflonsina with son Alejandro in 1933 (Alejandro Storni)

Alfonsina, the only woman at a table of intellectuals in 1922 (Alejandro Storni)

Inauguration of the mausoleum dedicated to Alfonsina in the Chacrait cemetery, Buenos Aires, in 1963. Left to right: R. Dubini, cemetery secretary; J.C. Vergottini, sculptor; Benito Quinquela Martin; Alejandro A. Storni, son of Alfonsina; A. Bernaldo de Quitros, cemetery director.

A memorial to Alfonsina in Mar del Plata (Alejandro Storni)

Alejandro Storni, son of Alfonsina (Alejandro Storni)

Guillermo Storni, nephew of Alfonsina (Alejandro Storni)

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Old photographs of the Argentinian poet, Alfonsina Storni, who was born in Ticino.

She emigrated to Argentina with her family at the end of the 19th century.