Diana Bellessi was born in 1946, in Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina.

She studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral.

For two years, she coordinated writing workshops in prisons in Buenos Aires.

She embodied this experience in the book Contraband Paloma (Torres Aguero, Buenos Aires, 1988).

[1] In March 2008, she participated in the Fourth International Festival of İzmir, dedicated to Latin America, with Sergio Badilla Castillo, María Baranda, Rei Berroa, Rafael Courtoisie, Pablo Armando Fernández, and Margarita Laso.