Armonía Somers

Armonía Liropeya Etchepare Locino (7 October 1914 – 1 March 1994) was a Uruguayan feminist, pedagogue, novelist and short story writer. She was sometimes referred to as Armonía Etchepare de Henestrosa or, by her pseudonym, Armonía Somer (sometimes spelled ''Armonía Sommers''). A member of the literary movement Generación del 45, Somers wrote in a transgressive style. Her contemporaries included Silvina Ocampo, Griselda Gambaro, Luisa Valenzuela, Elena Garro, and Peri Rossi.

It was thought impossible that her first novel, ''La mujer desnuda'' (The Naked Woman, 1950), could have been written by a woman because of the shocking erotic content. After her second novel ''De miedo en miedo'' was published, Somers moved to her new house in the summer resort Pinamar, about from Montevideo. When not there, she lived on the 16th floor of the skyscraper Palacio Salvo. Provided by Wikipedia