Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar or Emelina Peyrellade (

Camagüey Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province. It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Sp ...

, 1842–1877) was a Cuban writer and translator.

Biography

She was born in Camagüey in 1842. She was the daughter of the French publicist Emilio Peyrellade. According to

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, she received a good education with an important artistic and literary background. From her youth, she devoted herself to the culture of writing and became associated with the literary milieu and Cuban writers of Camagüey, specialising in translating from Italian and French into Spanish. Her translations have appeared in various publications such as ''El Fanal'', ''El Oriente'' and ''El Popular''. Of particular note is

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, which appeared in ''El Fanal'' on 26 February 1861.

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