She was born in March 23rd, 1814 in Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, nowadays Camagüey, and died in Spain in February 1st, 1813, at dawn. In 1836 she moved with her family to Spain where she has lived for more than half of her life.
Authoress of theatre plays admired by audiences, specialized critics, and other playwrights. Gertrúdis Gómez de Avellaneda truly dedicated one of her main talents to stage. Famous works such as:
Flavio Recaredo, Baltasar, Saúl, Oráculos de Talía, La hija de las flores, La verdad vence apariencias y
Simpatía y antipatía are part of her dramatic creations.
With her extraordinary talent, she also made use of lyrical resources:
Al partir -vibrant testimony composed when she left the island in 1836- and
A la memoria del célebre poeta cubano D.José María Heredia, are part of her most shocking poems.
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda´s narrative work also left outstanding texts, such as:
Sab, Dos mujeres and
Guatimozin, el último emperador de Méjico. Her fruitful talent also shone in journalism, where she developed her top labour as founder, directoress and main editoress of
Álbum Cubano de lo Bueno y lo Bello, literary magazines which defended feminine ideas and strongly supported journalist women.