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In Switzerland, Norah wrote and illustrated her first poetry book, Notas lejanas ( 1915 ).

After the publication, Norah and her family hoped to return to Argentina, but their stay in Europe was extended 4 years because of the First World War.

During this time, Norah saw much of Europe.

First, she visited Provence ( Norah was deeply impressed by Nîmes, and dedicated some of her later work to her travels there ).

After traveling through Province, she moved to Spain, where she furthered her studies and participated in the Avant-Garde movement.

In Spain, Norah first visited Barcelona, and then, in 1919, moved to Palma, Majorca.

In Palma, she studied under Sven Westman and collaborated with her brother on the magazine Baleares.

Next she visited Sevilla, where she became a part of the vanguard of Ultraísmo, published her work in magazines like Grecia, Ultra, Tableros y Reflector, and in 1920 she illustrated the cover of El jardin de centauro ( The Garden of the Centaur ), a book of poems by Adriano del Valle.

After leaving Sevilla, she passed through Granada and then finally came to Madrid, where she studied with the painter Julio Romero de Torres.

Here she befriended the poet Juan Ramón Jiménez.

She illustrated a number of his books and dedicated a portrait to him in her book Españoles de tres mundos.