Teresa Lamas de Rodríguez Alcalá

Teresa Lamas Carísimo de Rodríguez Alcalá (1887 – 1976) was a Paraguayan author, writing primarily in the genre of costumbrismo.[1] Her book Tradiciones del hogar was the first novel written by a woman in Paraguay.[2][3]

Biography

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Lamas Carísimo was born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1887,[4] although her birth year is sometimes reported as being 1889.[5] Her parents were Vicente Lamas and Clementina Carísimo,[5] members of the local colonial elite.[6] She received a public education[5] and began writing at a young age; in 1919, she won first prize in a national story-writing contest.[4]

She published Tradiciones del hogar, a collection of vignettes on family life and nationalist themes in the style known as costumbrista or tradición, in 1921.[7][8] It was well received by the literary community[9] and was important to the country's national mythmaking after the Paraguayan War.[10] Tradiciones de hogar was followed with a second volume in 1928. She published two later works in the 1940s and '50s: Huerto de Odios and La casa y tu sombra.[4] She also contributed to various newspapers.[11]

Lamas Carísimo was also known for her philanthropic work; she co-founded the National Association of Charitable Dames, an anti-tuberculosis organization, in 1918 and was a member of the local Red Cross.[5][11]

Selected works

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  • Tradiciones del hogar, Volume I (1921)
  • Tradiciones del hogar, Volume II (1928)
  • Huerto de Odios (1944)
  • La casa y su sombra (1955)

References

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  1. ^ "La literatura paraguaya". ABC Color (in Spanish). 2005-05-13. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  2. ^ Segura Graiño, Cristina. (1998). Diccionario de mujeres en la historia. Madrid: Espasa. ISBN 84-239-8631-4. OCLC 48963151.
  3. ^ Rodríguez-Alcalá, Hugo. (1999). Historia de la literatura paraguaya. Pardo de Carugati, Dirma. Asunción [Paraguay]: Editorial El Lector. ISBN 99925-51-94-1. OCLC 45743360.
  4. ^ a b c Cervantes, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de. "Breve diccionario de la literatura paraguaya / Teresa Méndez-Faith". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ a b c d Parker, William Belmont (1921). Paraguayans of To-day.
  6. ^ Casal, Juan Manuel; Whigham, Thomas (2011). Paraguay en la historia, la literatura y la memoria. Editorial Tiempo de Historia.
  7. ^ "Obras de Lamas de Rodríguez Alcalá, Teresa, 1887-1976 - Pag. 1". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  8. ^ Tradiciones hispanoamericanas. Núñez, Estuardo. Caracas, Venezuela: Biblioteca Ayacucho. 1979. ISBN 84-660-0028-3. OCLC 6508097.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Cervantes, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de. "Tradiciones del hogar. Segunda serie / Teresa Lamas Carísimo de Rodríguez Alcalá". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  10. ^ Rozas, Cristina Bravo (April 2015) "Aproximación al estudio del cuento paraguayo del siglo XX," Inti: Revista de literatura hispánica: No. 81, Article 10.
  11. ^ a b Inter-America. Doubleday, Page, & Company. 1922.
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