Draft:Louise Darios

Louise Darios (Daria Luisa Pacheco de Céspedes), born 8 November 1913 Paris - 23 November 1986 Montreal) was a Peruvian singer, actress , journalist , storyteller and folklorist . . Her father is the musician Juan Luis Pacheco de Céspedes  (es).

Life
She studied at the Lycée Victor Duruy and at the Cours Maintenon then she studied with Reynaldo Hahn in Paris, Margarita Xirgu in Chile, Alfred La Liberté in Montreal and folklore with Atahualpa Yupanqui and Marius Barbeau.

From 1936 to 1938, she participated in the European concert tour beginning in Paris  .From 1938 to 1948 she made long trips during which she gave concerts, radio, folklore, theater and conferences in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

From 1946 to 1950, she toured with a hundred concerts in Quebec Ontario, and Montreal. She co-founded the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Shr taught at the École de la Chanson, and worked at Radio-Canada. She traveled to Paris in 1948  .From 1950 to 1955, she toured South America and Quebec

She wrote Luis Pacheco de Cespedes; a great Peruvian musician  .

In 1983, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationaux du Québec (BAnQ) created a collection based on her manuscripts: stories, short stories, texts for radio and television  .

Works

 * Reportages du Chat Alexandre au Brésil, Éditions Héritage, [1976] ISBN 978-0-7773-3009-8
 * Le retable des merveilles, et Deux histoires d'amour: souvernances Venezuela-Brésil-Honduras, Naaman, 1979 ISBN 978-2-89040-013-9
 * Tous les oiseaux du monde : histoires de chansons, Beauchemin, 1975 ISBN 978-0-7750-0315-4