Famous People with Name Griselda

Griselda Gambaro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Griselda Gambaro: a major Latin American playwright and novelist.Gambaro worked in accounting and business until she got married and, in her words, her husband 'emancipated' her. She wrote her first play at age 24, since then there have been over 30 further plays, as well as several novels.Gambaro's works paint a deformed and unnerving portrait of a tragic period in Argentine history. Starting with the military coup that ousted Juan Perón in 1955, these years were marked by an uneasy succession of military and constitutional regimes. Peron's return to power in 1973 was short-lived, and his death in 1974 unleashed a rash of political violence from left-wing guerilla groups and right-wing death squads. In 1976, the ruling military junta vowed to rid the country of 'subversion' and instigated the Dirty War, during which the army crushed both the guerrilla movements and its civilian opponents. Gambaro herself was forced to flee to Spain after her novel Earning Death (Ganarse la Muerte, 1976), was banned as 'subversive, amoral, and harmful to the family', and later she received death threats. She was in exile from 1976-1983.

Griselda María De Los Ángeles González Santillo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Griselda María De Los Ángeles González Santillo: a retired female long-distance runner from Argentina, who twice won Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country. She represented Argentine twice (1992 and 1996) at the Summer Olympics, before switching nationality and competing for Spain.

Griselda Rosa De Las Mercedes Tessio            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Griselda Rosa De Las Mercedes Tessio: is the Vice-Governor of the Argentine province of Santa Fe since 11 December 2007. Formerly a federal prosecutor based on Santa Fe City, she accompanied Governor Hermes Binner's candidacy within the Progressive, Civic and Social Front on the 2 September 2007 elections.Tessio is the daughter of Aldo Tessio, the last governor of Santa Fe who belonged to the Radical Civic Union. She is a lawyer, Licentiate in Education Sciences, criminologist, and university professor. [1] She has been married twice, and has four children.