Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda: Biography, Facts and Career
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where she started writing as La Peregrina (The Pilgrim) and lived there until 1859, when she moved back to Cuba with her second husband until his death in 1863, after which she moved back to Spain. She died in Madrid in 1873 from diabetes at the age of 58. She was a prolific writer and wrote 20 plays and numerous poems. Her most famous work, however, is the antislavery novel Sab, published in Madrid in 1841. The eponymous protagonist is a slave who is deeply in love with his mistress Carlota, who is entirely oblivious to his feelings for her.
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- Full name: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
- Born: 1814-03-23
- Nationality: Mexico
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q283353
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer.
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda is Mexico.
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was born on 1814-03-23.
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