Luisita Aguilera Patiño

Luisa V. Aguilera Patiño, known as Luisita, was born on 19 August 1914 at Antón, in the province of Coclé. She held a doctorate in philosophy, with a specialisation in philology, from the University of Chile, taught Spanish language and literature at the University of Panama and at the Instituto Nacional, and held diplomatic posts in Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago. She devoted her research to the toponymy, vocabulary and folklore of the country, published a dictionary of Panamanianisms, collections of legends and a collection of proverbs, and died in 2010.

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• NovelEl secreto de AntaturaLuisita Aguilera Patiño · 1953not translated into EnglishLiterature