María Hortensia Lacau (October 30, 1910 – January 12, 2006) was an Argentine pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, and teacher.
Lacau gave the chaired "Commentary on Texts" in the entrance courses of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires.
[3] At the University of Buenos Aires, she held the chair of Comentario de Texto in the course of admission to the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
[4] Several generations of Argentine students and teachers benefited from her didactic and pedagogical work,[5] including essays, textbooks and reading books.
[4] Lacau was a member of the founding commission and served as president of Comité Asesor Promoción de la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil (CAPLI).