[2] María Inés Silva Vila was born on 23 November 1926 in Salto, Uruguay.
[3] She started as a short story writer, writing for newspapers and magazines including Marcha, Escrito, Asir and Mundo Uruguayo.
In 1963 she won the First Municipal Prize for Narrative with The Beach and Other Stories, versions of which were published as Happiness and Other Sorrows (1964).
In 1969 she published her first novel, Cancan Jump, and in 1971 her second novel, Rebels of 800, a historical novel reconstructed from original documents.
In 1976 she took part in the El Club del Libro publishing initiative to translate, adapt and compile classic works of Latin American literature.