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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Puerto Príncipe (Camagüey), Cuba
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Brilliant lyric poet and dramatist of the Romantic era whose groundbreaking 1841 novel 'Sab' was the first abolitionist novel in the Spanish language, published a decade before 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
Biographical Record
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, known affectionately as 'Tula', was born in Camagüey on March 23, 1814. Emigrating to Spain in 1836, she took Madrid's literary circles by storm with her fiery romantic passion, dramatic plays, and lyric poetry.
In 1841, she published Sab, a pioneering novel depicting the noble soul of an enslaved Cuban mulatto man and denouncing both racial slavery and the subjugation of women in marriage. Celebrated across Europe, she returned to Havana in 1859 to be crowned with a golden laurel wreath by Cuba's cultural elite.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialSeville, Spain