Marta Canessa
{{Short description|Uruguayan historian (born 1936)}}
{{family name hatnote|Canessa|de Monserrat|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Marta Canessa
|image = Marta Canessa.jpg
|caption = Canessa in 1986
|office = First Lady of Uruguay
|term_start = March 1, 1995
|term_end = March 1, 2000
|predecessor = Julia Pou
|successor = Mercedes Menafra
|president = Julio María Sanguinetti
|term_start1 = March 1, 1985
|term_end1 = March 1, 1990
|predecessor1= Alicia Rey Nebril
|successor1 = Julia Pou
|president1 = Julio María Sanguinetti
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|12|16}}
|birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party =
|alma_mater =
|occupation = Historian
Academic
Journalist
Writer
|residence =
|spouse = Julio María Sanguinetti
|children = Julio Luis
Emma
|mother = María de Montserrat
}}
Marta Canessa de Monserrat (born December 16, 1936 Montevideo) is a Uruguayan historian, academic and writer. Canessa, the wife of former President Julio María Sanguinetti, served as the First Lady of Uruguay for two non-consecutive terms - 1985 to 1990 and 1995 until 2000.
Biography
Canessa was member of the Commission special permanent of the old city in Montevideo during 15 years. Also was member of the Council honorary of the works of preservation and reconstruction of Colonia del Sacramento, which was later declared heritage of the humanity by Unesco.{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/747/|title=Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
Personal life
She is the daughter of María de Montserrat, a writer.
Selected works
- Rivera: un Oriental Liso y Llano (Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, Montevideo. 1976)
- Ciudad Vieja de Montevideo
- El Bien Nacer. Limpieza de Oficios y Limpieza de Sangre. Raíces Ibéricas de un Mal Latinoamericano. Montevideo, Alfaguara, 2000.
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Vierci |first=Pablo |authorlink= Pablo Vierci |title=Ellas 5 |year = 2015 |url=https://www.aguaclaraeditorial.com/libros/libros-de-uruguay/6-ellas-5.html |isbn = 9789974994232 |publisher = Aguaclara |location = Montevideo}}
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Category:People from Montevideo
Category:Uruguayan women essayists
Category:20th-century Uruguayan historians
Category:First ladies of Uruguay
Category:Julio María Sanguinetti
Category:Uruguayan women historians
Category:Dames Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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