Caballero, Fernán
Caballero, Fernán
(fārnän` käbälyā`rō), pseud. ofCecilia Böhl de Faber
(thāthē`lyä böl dā fäbār`), 1796–1877, Spanish novelist and folklorist. Born in Switzerland, she spent most of her adult life in AndalusiaAndalusia, Span. Andalucía , autonomous community (1990 pop. 7,100,060), 33,675 sq mi (87,218 sq km), S Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Atlantic Ocean.
..... Click the link for more information. , where her novels are set. They are marked by a didactic tone and sentimental plots, reflecting regional life and Caballero's own traditionalism. The first novel, La Gaviota (1849, tr. The Sea Gull, 1864), influenced the modern Spanish novel of customs.
Bibliography
See biography by P. H. Klibbe (1973).
Caballero, Fernán
(pen name of Cecilia Böhl de Fáber). Born Dec. 25, 1796, in Morges, Switzerland; died Apr. 7, 1877, in Seville. Spanish writer.
Fernán Caballero published an anthology of Andalusian folklore entitled National Pictures (1862). In her novel The Seagull (1848), which contains elements of realism, she portrayed a strong woman destroyed by bourgeois society. She also wrote the novels Clemencia (1852) and The Alvareda Family (1856).
WORKS
Obras, vols. 1–2. Madrid, 1961.Cuentos andaluces. Madrid, 1966.
In Russian translation:
“Bednaia Dolores.” Vremia, 1861, vol. 5, nos. 9–10.