Ana María Uribe

Ana María Uribe (1944-2004) was an Argentinian poet known for her work within electronic literature, particularly for visual poetry. According to Jeneen Naji, she was a pioneer in developing digital poetry forms and for "pushing the boundaries of material, form, and visuality in her writing practice."

Uribe was best known for her work with ''Tipoemas y Anipoemas''. Uribe created her works by using letters of the alphabet in order to animate her poetry.

Her digital poetry centers around animating letters, and thus needs little translation. However, her work has been translated into Finnish (Marko Niemi) and Romanian (Constantin Mărcușan).

Uribe began making ''Tipoemas y Anipoemas'' in 1997, when she was inspired by Christian Morgenstern's ''Fisches Nachtgesang''. She finished the work in 2001. In ''Tipoemas y Anipoemas,'' she used animation and disappearing effects in order to bring her work to life. ''Tipoemas y Anipoemas'' can be read in both English and Spanish, Uribe's native languages. She continued her work with visual poetry until her death in 2004. Some of her later works include ''Deseo-Desejo-Desire'' (2002), ''Un día movido'' (2001-2002), and ''El Circo'' (2000-2002). Provided by Wikipedia