Emilia Pardo Bazán

Emilia Pardo Bazán was born in A Coruña in 1851, into a noble and well-off family; her father, convinced of the intellectual equality of the sexes, opened his library to her. Kept away from the university, she was educated by tutors and learned French, English and German. Married at sixteen, she defended naturalism in articles that caused a scandal, then separated from her husband amicably. In 1906 she was the first woman to preside over the literature section of the Ateneo de Madrid. She died in Madrid in 1921.

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• NovelThe House of UlloaLos pazos de UlloaEmilia Pardo Bazán · 1886LiteraturePublic domain