Silvia Arazi is an Argentine writer, poet and singer.
Her short story collection, Qué temprano anochece, won the Premio Julio Cortázar in 1988. Her novel La maestra de canto has been translated into German and Dutch, and was adapted into a movie by Ariel Broitman in 2013. She has also written works of poetry and books for children.
She lives in Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento. [1]
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s, before her sales and chart peak arrived during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.
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