María Josefa García Granados
| María Josefa García Granados | |
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| Born |
10 July 1796 Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Spain |
| Died |
28 September 1848 Guatemala City |
| Nickname |
Juan de las Viñas [Note 1] Pepita |
| Occupation | poet, political journalist |
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| María Josefa Garcia Granados | |
María Josefa García Granados y Zavala(July 10 of 1796 - July 28 of 1848) was a Guatelaman intellectual, writer, journalist and poet of Spanish origin, and one of the greatest intellectual exponents of the Independence of Guatemala in 1821. She was also a feminist ahead of her time that with here strong and dominant character prevailed in Guatemalan society. She was the sister of General Miguel García Granados, who was the first liberal president of Guatemala and Adelaida García Granados, who was tutor of Petrona Alvarez, wife of General Rafael Carrera, lifelong conservative president of Guatemala. As his family was part of the Aycinena clan, it suffered exile and dispossession of their property by Francisco Morazán in 1829.
Biography
María Josefa García Granados came from an aristocratric family who had traveled to Spain, but decided to return to the Guatemala, after the French Invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.Her penchant for literature and journalism led her to participate in gatherings, get to know intellectuals and writers and even publish book of different genres. She was the sister of Miguel García Granados[Note 2] and Adelaida García Granados.[Note 3] Best known to her friends and acquaintances as Pepita, married Ramon Saborio de la Villa from Nicaragua, with whom she shared marriage until death and bore him six children. She was known for her strong character and authority; because of it, María Josefa had friendships with the most influential men of here time, even before 1821 [Note 4] she was attending gatherings made famous at the home of José María Castilla, priest born in Madrid, Spain.
Her brother was also her son-in-law, for it was customary at that time that among upper class families, there were intermarriages; her brother Miguel married her eldest daughter, Cristina.
Death
She died four years later, on September 28, 1848. Curiously was buried in a tomb separated only by a wall to that of Ignacio Gómez, bitter enemy of García Granados in life.[1]
Additional Information
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- She was a personal friend of Pedro Molina, José Francisco Barrundia, Dieguez, José Cecilio del Valle, Mariano Gálvez, Cordova, several Aycinena clan members, José Milla and Rafael Carrera.
- She was aunt -and also grandmother- of María García Granados y Saborío, whom the famous Cuban poet José Martí immortalized in his poem of 1891: La Niña de Guatemala.[2] Because of their similar name, they are often confused, but her niece, although educated, did not have the intellectual capacity of María Josefa.
Referencias
Bibliography
- Escobedo, Juan Carlos (2006). "María Josefa García Granados". Página de Literatura Guatemalteca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- Otro lunes (n.d.). "Pepita García Granados, la poetisa irreverente". Blog de otro lunes (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
Notes
- ↑ used a male name to disguise because in the nineteenth century in Guatemala women typically only dedicated home
- ↑ Who served as president of Guatemala between 1871 and 1873 after the Liberal Revolution of 1871
- ↑ Wife of conservative ideologue Luis Batres Juarros and tutor of Petrona Alvarez, wife of conservative President Rafael Carrera.
- ↑ Year of the independence of Guatemala
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