Cecilia Vicuña

Nació en Santiago en 1948, en medio de una familia de artistas, "un mundo en donde escribir, pintar, leer y esculpir eran cosas propias de la vida" ("Una obra para los 'ojos que no ven'", La Segunda, 24 de marzo de 1979, p. 23). Su bisabuelo Carlos Lagarrigue fue escultor, al igual que su abuela, Teresa Lagarrigue, mientras que su abuelo paterno, Carlos Vicuña, fue escritor. Estudió en el Liceo Manuel de Salas y, posteriormente, Arte en la Universidad de Chile. A los 16 años, en Concón, ideó el concepto de las "esculturas precarias", construidas a partir de desechos del mar.

Como poeta, participó en el grupo "Tribu No" (1966), integrado además por Claudio Bertoni, Marcelo Charlín, Francisco Rivera y Coca Roccatagliata. Junto con los dos prim

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