Charlotte Elizabeth Frederica Remfry Koesler (also known as, Carlota Remfry-Kidd; 1869–1957) was a Spanish writer, born in

Linares Linares may refer to: People *Fernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares (1641–1717), Spanish nobleman and military officer; viceroy of New Spain from 1711 to 1716 *Andreu Linares (born 1975), Spanish futsal player * Art Linares, American polit ...

, Jaén, where she died, being the last person of English ancestry buried in the Cementerio inglés de Linares. She married Thomas Kidd Curry in 1946. The Official Gazette of Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) In its Order of 1 July 2007, approved the name "Carlota Remfry" for the Official Language School of

Career

She is the author of ''Linarejos y otros cuentos'' (Madrid: Ínsula, 1950), ''Cuentos que te re-cuento'' (Jaén, 2011), as well as a translator of a considerable number of works, first, from Spanish and French into English and later, from French and English into Spanish. Of the former, this includes ''Les yeux qui s'ouvrent'', by Henry Bordeaux (1910); ''Marie-Claire'', by Marguerite Audoux (1911); ''Fire in Stubble'' and ''By the Gods Beloved'', by Emma Orczy, in the early 1920. Among the English translations, are ''Αngel-Child'' (1926) and ''Maya; The Adventures of a Bee'' (published by ''Hutchinson's Books for young People'', London, c. 1942), of

Waldemar Bonsels Waldemar Bonsels (21 February 1880 in Ahrensburg – 31 July 1952 in Ambach, Münsing) was a German writer. Waldemar Bonsels's most famous work is the children's book ''Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer'' (''Maya the Bee and her Adventures ...

; ''Nuestro Padre San Daniel'' of Gabriel Miró (1930) or ''The Vagrant'', of Colette (1931), which is her last known translation. She was a frequent contributor to magazines such as Mundo Latino, Los Quijotes; Mesa Revuelta, La Voz de la Mujer, Cervantes (Madrid); La Alhambra (Granada); Grecia (Seville).Cazabán, Alfredo (Αpril 1919). «Carlota Remfry». Don Lope de Sosa (Úbeda —Jaén—) (76): 99–101. (in Spanish)

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