Agar Eva Infanzón Canel (January 30, 1857; Coaña, Asturias, Spain - May 2, 1932; Havana, Cuba), best known by her pseudonym Eva Canel, was a writer and journalist, originally from Spain who settled in Cuba.

Biography

Daughter of Doctor Pedro Infanzón and Epifanía Canel y Uría, Eva Agar was born on January 30, 1857, in Coaña, Asturias, Spain. When she was three years old her father died in a shipwreck caused by pirates and she moved to Madrid with her mother. When she was fifteen, she began to work as an actress in the theater, where she met Eloy Perillan y Buxo, the director of the satirical magazine ''La Broma'', whom she married that same year. In 1874, the censors exiled her husband for publishing a pamphlet and he left to Bolivia, leaving her as director of the magazine. A year later, Eva traveled to South America to reunite with her husband and collaborate on ''El Ferrocarril'', the magazine that he directed in ''

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''. In January 1875,Monguió, Luis (1986).
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�. ''Actas del VIII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas: 22-27 de agosto de 1983''. Ediciones Istmo. . the couple moved to Buenos Aires and founded ''El Petróleo'', where she began to dedicate herself to journalism full-time. In 1876, they decided to move again, this time to Lima, Peru, where they founded ''Las Noticias'' and collaborated with various newspapers such as ''El Comercio'' and ''El Perú Ilustrado''. It was then that the couple's only child was born, whom they baptized with the same name as his father. Due to the War of the Pacific between Peru and Chile, Eva and her family returned to Spain once again, settling in Barcelona. Nonetheless, Perillán ended up moving to Cuba, where he died on March 1, 1889, and Eva moved to the island a short time later. There, she tried to find work in two Cuban newspapers, '' Diario de la Marina'' and ''Unión Constitucional'', but their respective directors refused to hire her. Because of this, in 1891 she founded her own weekly, named ''La Cotorra,'' which was characterized by political satire. After spending eight years in Cuba and the

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ended, Eva returned to Spain, moving back to Madrid. Nonetheless, in 1899, she returned to Buenos Aires, where she began her literary peak, writing three novels, giving a number of conferences and collaborating with various newspapers.Kenmogne, Jean (1995). «II. Vida familiar, carácter y personalidad y III. Decadencia, homenajes y muerte».
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Retrieved September 29, 2008. On July 15, 1905, she gave a lecture at the gala in the Teatro Español, during the festivities for the inauguration of the Hospital of Charity. Jaime Serralta presented the prestigious writer who spoke on "Charity" and was given a standing ovation. In 1914, Eva began a trip through Latin America, but fell ill upon arriving in Panama, and although she initially decided to go to a clinic in the United States, she ended up returning to Cuba, where she received assistance from her friend Antonio Díaz Blanco. There she continued her journalism and literary work until 1924 when her health deteriorated and she began to have nervous breakdowns and memory loss. Finally, on May 2, 1932, she died and was buried in her hometown.

Works

Eva Canel's work has a variety of influences and uses a range of techniques, from Romanticism to Naturalism.Kenmogne, Jean (1995). «V. Las obras de Eva Canel».
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Novels

* ''Manolín'' (1891) * ''Trapitos al sol'' (1891) * ''Oremus'' (1893) * ''El agua turbia'' (1906)

Theater

* ''La mulata'' (1891) * ''El indiano'' (1894) * ''Fuera de la ley'' (1902) * ''Agua de limón'' (1904) * ''La abuelita'' (1905) * ''De Herodes a Pilatos'' (1905) * ''Uno de Baler'' (1907)

Other genres

* ''Cosas del otro mundo. Viajes, historias y cuentos americanos'' (1889) * ''Magosto. Colección de tradiciones, novelas y conferencias asturianas'' (1894) * ''Álbum de la Trocha. Breve reseña de una excursión feliz desde Cienfuegos a San Fernando, recorriendo la línea militar'' (1897) * ''De América. Viajes, tradiciones y novelitas cortas'' (1899) * ''Lo que vi en Cuba. A través de la isla'' (1916)

References

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