WOMEN IN THE BACKROUND OF HISTORY

Cecilia Böhl de Faber y Larrea was a Spanish woman writer who, in order to carve out a niche for herself in a man’s world, signed her works under the pseudonym Fernán Caballero. Let us remember that we are talking about 19th century Spain, a Spain in which it must have been very complicated to be a woman and to have aspirations beyond getting married and starting a family.

It is curious that, in a way, it was her father who gave her the idea, when what he really intended was to dissuade her from her desire to devote herself to writing. He apparently told her not to waste her time on such matters, as they were reserved for the male gender and women were not intellectually qualified or prepared for them.

However, it seems that Cecilia had things very clear, and, hidden behind the male privilege provided by her pseudonym, she managed to fulfil her desire to be a writer, becoming one of the first Spanish women writers. She died in the city of Seville in 1877.

Among her works: La hija del Sol, 1851, Cuadros de costumbres populares andaluzas. Seville: Española y Extranjera de José Mª Geofrin, 1852: Lucas García, 1852; Clemencia. Madrid: Mellado, 1852: Lágrimas. Seville: Española y Extranjera de José Mª Geofrin, 1853;La estrella de Vandalia. Madrid: A. Andrés Babi, 1855:La gaviota. Madrid: Mellado,

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