Uno de los aspectos más interesantes que surge de la trayectoria literaria de la novelista peruana Clorinda Matto de Turner son las estrategias de (auto)legitimación que implementó para consolidar su carrera en el exilio y promover la figura de la escritora latinoamericana en la sociedad porteña de entresiglos. Tanto su identificación con la narradora argentina Juana Manuela Gorriti, como sus vínculos con el Ateneo de Buenos Aires y la Sociedad Proteccionista Intelectual le permitieron contactarse con los integrantes más importantes de ese campo literario e intervenir en los debates de la época en torno del rol social de la mujer, y así convertir su revista Búcaro Americano (1896-1908) en una importante tribuna centrada en defender una literatura de corte continental y la profesionalización de las mujeres dedicadas a las letras.AbstractOne of the most interesting aspects arising from the literary biography of the Peruvian novelist Clorinda Matto de Turner are the strategies of (self)legitmation that she implemented to consolidate her career in exile and to promote the figure of the Latin American female writers in the Buenos Aires society of late nineteenth century. Her identification with the argentine narrator Juana Manuela Gorriti, as well as her links with the Ateneo de Buenos Aires and the Sociedad Proteccionista Intelectual allowed her to contact the most important members of that literary field and participate in discussions about the social role of women which were developing at this time, turning her magazine Búcaro Americano (1896-1908) into an important platform focused on defending a literature of continental dimensions and the professionalization of women interested in pursuing writing as a career.