Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa facts for kids

Blanca Santa Cruz y Ossa (born around 1886 – died 1969) was a Chilean writer and editor. She wrote and collected stories for kids and young adults, especially focusing on legends and myths from Chile and other countries around the world.

About Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa

Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa was the daughter of Senator Joaquín Santa Cruz Vargas [es] and Carmela Ossa y Ossa. She went to school at the School of the Sacred Heart in Santiago, which was run by English nuns.

In the 1930s, books for children became very popular in Chile. This was when Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa wrote many of her most famous works. She became one of the most important writers in this field.

Starting in 1929, she began putting together collections of myths and legends. These stories came from Chile and many other places around the world. She worked alongside other well-known authors of her time. These included Ernesto Montenegro, who wrote Cuentos de mi Tío Ventura in 1930. Also, Damita Duende wrote Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes and Doce cuentos de hadas in 1938. Another famous writer was Marta Brunet, who published Cuentos para Marisol in 1938.

Some of Blanca's books had beautiful pictures drawn by Elena Poirier [es]. Examples include Cuentos chilenos (1956), El duende del pantano y otros cuentos de Bretaña (1992), and La escuela de las hadas y otros cuentos (1992). Her sister, Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa, was also involved in publishing. She was the editor of a magazine called El Peneca [es].

Blanca's Books

Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa wrote many different books. Most of them were collections of stories, myths, and legends.

• Cuentos maravillosos del Japón (Wonderful Tales from Japan) (1935)
• Las hadas en Francia (Fairies in France) (1936)
• Leyendas moriscas (Moorish Legends) (1936)
• Cuentos mitológicos griegos (Greek Mythological Tales) (1937)
• Cuentos húngaros (Hungarian Tales) (1937)
• Cuentos africanos (African Tales) (1939)
• Orejones y viracochas: (Diego de Almagro) (1943)
• Sangre y ceniza: narración novelesca de la conquista de Chile (Blood and Ash: A Novel of the Conquest of Chile) (1946)
• Cuentos chilenos (Chilean Tales) (1956)
• Cuentos bretones (Breton Tales) (1973)
• El duende del pantano y otros cuentos de Bretaña (The Swamp Goblin and Other Tales from Brittany) (1992)
• La escuela de las hadas y otros cuentos (The School of Fairies and Other Tales) (1992)

Stories from Around the World

Blanca also created a special series of books called "Collection of stories, traditions, and legends from all countries." Here are some of the books from that series:

• Cuentos rumanos (Romanian Tales) (1929)
• Cuentos de España (Tales from Spain) (1936)
• Leyendas y cuentos araucanos (Araucanian Legends and Tales) (1938)
• Poemas de Longfellow (Poems by Longfellow) (1936)
• Leyendas de la selva (Legends of the Jungle) (1936)
• Cuentos ingleses (English Tales) (1936)
• Fábulas escogidas (Selected Fables) (1937)
• Cuentos italianos (Italian Tales) (1938)
• Leyendas de caballerías (Legends of Chivalry) (1938)
• Cuentos servios (Serbian Tales) (1939)
• Cuentos chinos (Chinese Tales) (1936 and 1940)

See also

Learn more about Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa in Spanish!

• In Spanish: Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa para niños