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Vicenta Moguel, first Basque woman writer

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Posted on 2019-03-08 in
Image taken from Bidegileak [Forerunners], 4.

Bidegileak [Forerunners], 4. Euskal Biblioteka. Labayru Fundazioa.

Vicenta Antonia Moguel (1782–1854) is the first known woman to write in Basque. She was the youngest sister of Juan José Moguel (1781–1782), also a writer. A number of circumstances are essential for a person to become a writer, among others, writing skills, enjoyment of writing, creative talent, and intelligence. In the case of Vicenta Moguel, family circumstances, specifically her father’s early death, prompted her uncle, the famed writer Juan Antonio Moguel (1745–1805), to take care of the education of his niece and nephew. (more…)

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