Laura Devetach
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| birth_date = 5 October 1936
| birth_place = Reconquista, Santa Fe
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| known_for = writing for children in Spanish
| education = Cordoba University
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| nationality = Argentinian
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Maria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children.
Life
Devetach was born in Reconquista, Santa Fe in 1936 to a Slavic father and an Argentine mother who was very skilled with textiles.{{Cite web |title=Entrevista a Laura Devetach - Imaginaria No. 77 - 15 de mayo de 2002 |url=http://www.imaginaria.com.ar/07/7/devetach.htm |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.imaginaria.com.ar}} She has worked as an educator of both children and adults.[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095714325 Laura Devetach], Oxford Index, retrieved 6 February 2015 Devetach has published more than ninety books and many of these are for children. She was married to Gustavo Roldán who died in 2012 and they had two children. One of these children is a cartoonist named for his father. He has illustrated some of his mother's books.
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Category:People from Reconquista, Santa Fe
Category:Argentine children's writers
Category:Argentine women children's writers
Category:Argentine women short story writers
Category:Argentine women dramatists and playwrights
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