Enriqueta González Rubín

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Enriqueta González Rubín
Born17 April 1832
Santianes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain[1]
Died9 November 1877 (1877-11-10) (aged 45)[1]
Infiesto, Piloña, Asturias, Spain[1]
NationalitySpanish
OccupationWriter

Enriqueta González Rubín (17 April 1832 – 9 November 1877) was a Spanish writer. Her 1875 Viaxe del tío Pacho el Sordo a Uviedo is the earliest known novel published in Asturian.

Early life and career

Relatively little is known about González Rubín's life.

Santianes, Ribadesella, Asturias.[1] Her mother died when González Rubín was young.[1]

González Rubín's work Viaxe del tío Pacho el Sordo a Uviedo (Uncle Pacho the Deaf's Trip to Oviedo) was published in 1875; it is the earliest known published novel (and earliest known separately published narrative work) in Asturian.[1][2][3]

Many of González Rubín's works were published in the newspaper El Faro Asturiano.

OCLC 892238758) using the pseudonyms "La Gallina Vieja" (The Old Hen), "La Cantora del Sella" (The [Female] Singer from Sella), and "Una Aldeana del Sella" (A [Female] Villager from Sella).[1]

Personal life and death

When González Rubín was 22, she had a son out of wedlock; he died at three months old.[1] She married Juan Echevarría Barrera, also from Ribadesella, five years later.[1] They had eight children together.[1]

González Rubín died on 9 November 1877 in Infiesto, Piloña, Asturias.[1]

Legacy

In 2003, the Asturian Ministry of Culture established the Enriqueta González Rubín Prize (Premiu Enriqueta González Rubín) in her honour, which recognizes excellence in Asturian-language journalism.[1]

A street in Ribadesella is named after González Rubín.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Garcia, Juan (25 October 2008). "Ribadesella busca a los descendientes de la escritora Enriqueta González Rubín" [Ribadesella seeks descendants of the writer Enriqueta González Rubín]. El Comercio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Garcia, J. (6 August 2019). "Enriqueta González Rubín tendrá una calle en Ribadesella, su concejo natal" [Enriqueta González Rubín will have a street in Ribadesella, her birthplace]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ Rojo, Miguel (24 October 2008). "Hallan en un caserón de Llanes la primera narración publicada en asturiano" [First narrative published in Asturian found in Llanes estate]. El Comercio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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