Pestana, Alice (1860–1929)
Pestana, Alice (1860–1929)
Portuguese feminist activist, novelist and playwright. Name variations: Alice Pestana de Blanco; (pseudonym) Caiel or Caïel. Born 1860 in Portugal; died 1929 in Madrid, Spain.
Wrote treatises and essays on women's education, including O Que Deve Ser a Ecucação Secundária da Mulher? (1892); wrote on Spanish life for Lisbon newspaper, Diário de Notícias; moved to Spain after marriage to Spanish-born husband (1901); translated Spanish authors into Portuguese; also wrote fiction, including Desgarrada (1902).
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LANGUAGE: Castilian Spanish; Catalan; Galician; Basque
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
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