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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Buenos Aires reporters clustered around the visiting literary lion and his hostess. How did Graham Greene find the food in Argentina? "I like to drink more than I like to eat," he smiled. "That is a joke," interrupted Victoria Ocampo, noted essayist and editor, "because he has come to a house where the hostess does not touch a drop of alcohol." No kidding, continued Greene, he found the Argentine whisky he was served "interesting but not very good." Er, and politics? "I am a great admirer of Fidel Castro," said Greene, after which Miss Ocampo allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 9, 1968 | 8/9/1968 | See Source »

Honored along with the 13 men was Victoria Ocampo, the editor of Sur, an Argentine literary and cultural review which she established in 1933. She received a Doctor of Letters degree for her writings and translations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marjolin, Reischauer Receive Honoraries; Monro, Bernstein, Sert, Shahn Also Cited | 6/15/1967 | See Source »

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