Sofía Tartilán ( Sofía Tartilán Rodríguez; after marriage, Sofía Tartilán de Escobar; April 19, 1829 – July 2, 1888) was a 19th-century Spanish novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Her name appeared as a regular contributor to much of the high-profile press of her time.

Biography

Sofía Tartilán Rodríguez was born in 1829, in

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,Arroyo, Carmen (30 June 2007). "Las hogueras de San Antón". ''Diario Palentino''. (in Spanish) Her parents were Félix Tartilán, a native of Guaza de Campos, and Vicenta Rodríguez, a native of Palencia but also from Benavente. Fifth of six sisters, she grew up in a middle-class family environment. She may have studied at the "Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Palencia,", directed by Froilana Almirante. The Tartilán family left Palencia around 1845 and probably moved to

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. After she married Mr. Escobar, the couple settled in

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in early 1851. Tartilán wrote fiction and non-fiction. She contributed to the Seville magazine ''El Gran Mundo'', as well as to ''El Mediodia de Málaga'', and '' Revista Contemporánea'', She was the editor of the newspaper, ''La Caza'' (1865-1868) and the magazine, ''Ecos del Auseva''. She served as director of ''La Ilustración de la Mujer'' (1873-1876). A militant feminist, Tartilán championed a better education for women. She died in Madrid on July 2, 1888, although others think that she was in

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(Cuenca).

Selected works

Narrative

*''La lucha del corazón'' (Madrid, 1874) *''Caja de hierro'' (Madrid, 1874) *''La ofrenda de las hadas'' (Madrid, 1877) *''Costumbres populares. Colección de cuentos tomados del natural'' (Madrid, 1880) *''Borrascas del corazón'' (Madrid, 1884) *''La loca de las alas'' (1884).

Essays

*''Historia de la crítica'' (Sevilla, 1875). *''Páginas para la educación popular'' (Madrid, 1877)

References

Attribution

* This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: ''Ensayo de un catálogo de periodistas españoles del siglo XIX'' (1903-1904), a work by Manuel Ossorio and Bernard (1839-1904). {{DEFAULTSORT:Tartilan, Sofia 1829 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Spanish novelists 19th-century Spanish journalists 19th-century Spanish women writers Spanish essayists Spanish women novelists Spanish women essayists People from Palencia Spanish newspaper editors Women newspaper editors 19th-century Spanish women journalists