María Mercedes Vial Solar (1863–1942), also known as María Mercedes Vial de Ugarte or by her literary pseudonym Serafia, was a Chilean feminist writer and novelist. Her parents were Wenceslao Vial y Guznián and Luisa Solar y Marín. For some authors, her work can be framed within so-called "aristocratic feminism", along with other writers such as Inés Echeverría Bello, Mariana Cox Méndez, Teresa Wilms Montt, María Luisa Fernández, and the sisters

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Works

* ''Cosas que fueron'' (novel, Santiago: Zig-Zag, 1917) * ''Amor que no muere'' (novel, Santiago: Editorial Nascimiento, 1929) * ''Algo pasado de moda : conferencias dadas en el Club de Señoras'' (Santiago: Impr. Cervantes, 1926)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vial, Maria Mercedes 1863 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Chilean novelists Chilean people of French descent 20th-century Chilean women writers Chilean women novelists Writers from Santiago, Chile Chilean feminist writers