Francisca Javiera Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán (1775–1838), better known as Frasquita Larrea, was a Spanish writer who largely influenced the famous romantic gatherings "del Cádiz de las

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Biography

Francisca Javiera Josefa Gregoria Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán was born on 24 December 1775 in Cadiz,

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. She was born to Antonio Ruiz de Larrea y Gonzáles de Lopidana, a prosperous Spanish merchant, and Francisca Xaviera Aheran y Malone, an

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woman exiled in Spain. Her mother was educated in

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and had lived briefly in

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. She read and studied

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and

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. Another major influence in her works was her keeping a bedside reading of the proto-feminist works of

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. Around

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, in Cadiz, she met the

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Hispanist Johann Nikolaus Böhl de Faber, (1770–1836), who was settled in the area, and they agreed to marry by the Catholic rite. He was not a Catholic, which was a setback to her, yet they agreed to marry by her traditions. They married on the 1 February 1796 and had four children. Cecilia, the first of which was the future writer.

Type of literature

Francisca Javiera Josefa Gregoria Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán mainly wrote short prose and left many unpublished writings and memoirs that have later been transcribed by

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in his book called "La gaditana Fransquita Larrea, the First Spanish Romantic". She spent the majority of her summers in life in Cadiz, where she claimed to be most inspired. She wrote her "Bornos Diaries" in the summer house, which was owned by Thomas Osborne Mann, her son-in-law. Her daughter—Cecilia Francisca Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea—used a pseudonym, the name

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Bibliography

* Pitollet, Camille: La querelle caldéronienne de Johan Nikolas Böhl von Faber et José Joaquín de Mora exte imprimé: reconstituée d'après les documents originaux. París : F. Alcan, 1909. * Pitollet, Camille: Quelques reliques de Böhl von Faber exte imprimé. Madrid : typ. de la Revista de archivos, 1913. * Böhl de Faber, Juan Nicolás: Pasatiempo crítico en que se ventilan los méritos de Calderón y el talento de su detractor en La Crónica Científica y Literaria de Madrid. c. 1818. * Böhl de Faber, Juan Nicolás: Vindicaciones de Calderón y del teatro antiguo español contra los afrancesados en literatura. Cádiz : Imp. Carreño, 1820. * Orozco Acuaviva, A.: La gaditana Frasquita Larrea, primera romántica española. Jerez de la Frontera. 1977. * Larrea, Francisca: ''Diario''. Jerez: Gráficas el Exportador, 1985. Edición especial realizada por la Asociación de Amigos de Bornos.

References

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