Word: surly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...NAME WITHHELD) Poncey-sur-L'Ignon France...
...Sur vos genoux...
...Manhattan on her way to the relics of the Europe she loves, she carried her latest book (Testimonios III). In it she described herself as "a South American potted cactus." She has been trying to throw the pot away since she founded (in 1931) the literary magazine Sur (South) in the forefront of a national movement in Argentine letters. Later she started her own publishing house, Ediciones Sur, to publish books she likes...
...Sur was designed to "bring literature's best to Argentina," ended by being Argentina's own best literary mouthpiece. It has brought to Argentina, in Spanish, Andre Gide, Benedetto Croce, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann. It has forwarded the reputation v of Argentine prizewinners like Jorge Luis Borges, Eduardo Mallea, provided a soapbox for promising Argentine newcomers like J. R. Wilcock, Vicente Barbieri. Sur claims only 3,000 circulation, loses money on every issue, but has wide influence. Victoria foots the bills...
...ready to talk, regally, about her love for democracy, about Sur, about herself, her dislike for totalitarian government. But she talks most easily about the growth of her love and knowledge of Argentina. Said she this week: "Before I only knew Buenos Aires province. Now I have discovered the rest of the country...