Alfonsina y el mar

»Alfonsina y el mar« The suicide of Argentine-Swiss poet Alfonsina Storni (May 29, 1892–October 25, 1938), who after a troubled life died swimming in the ocean, is the topic of the folk song Alfonsina y el mar (Alfonsina and the Sea), written by Ariel Ramírez and Félix Luna, also Argentine. It has been performed by singers from Nina Moskouri and Mercedes Sosa to Tania Libertad and Andrés Calamaro. Tacho GalánGalán, Tacho See also: Folk; Literature; Sosa, Mercedes