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Jovita Iglesias was born in Pacios de Toubes de Villa Rubín, Orense (Spain), on September 13, 1925. She arrived in Argentina on November 22, 1949 and a month later met Silvina Ocampo, the wife of Adolfo Bioy Casares. From that moment and until the death of the author on March 8, 1999, Jovita shared the life of the Bioy family, first in Santa Fe and Ecuador, and later in the apartment on Posadas Street: She was a house-keeper, confidant and friend to both, but especially to Silvina. She currently lives in the neighbourhood of Palermo (Buenos Aires) with her husband, José Montes Blanco, who also worked for the Bioy family.