Lia Diskin | |
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| Born | Leonor Beatriz Diskin Pawlowicz (1950-10-27)October 27, 1950 (age 75) |
Lia Diskin (bornLeonor Beatriz Diskin Pawlowicz; October 27, 1950)[1][2] is an Argentine journalist and founder ofAssociação Palas Athena [pt], a BrazilianphilanthropyNGO.
In 2020, she was awarded thePadma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, due to being "actively involved in the promotion of Gandhian values of peace and non-violence for the past four decades".[3][4]
Leonor Beatriz Diskin was born inBuenos Aires,Argentina on October 27, 1950. Her paternal grandparents wereRussian and her motherBulgarian.[5]
She emigrated toBrazil at the age of 21, during theArgentine dictatorship, while waiting for her husband, Basílio, to finish his studies in theUS.[5]