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Enriqueta González Rubín (17 April 1832 – 9 November 1877) was a Spanish writer. Her 1875 Viaxe del tío Pacho el Sordo a Uviedo is the earliest known novel published in Asturian.

Early life and career

Relatively little is known about González Rubín's life. She was born on 17 April 1832 in Santianes, Ribadesella, Asturias. Her mother died when González Rubín was young.

González Rubín's work Viaxe del tío Pacho el Sordo a Uviedo (Uncle Pacho the Deaf's Trip to Oviedo) was published in 1875; it is the earliest known published novel (and earliest known separately published narrative work) in Asturian.

Many of González Rubín's works were published in the newspaper El Faro Asturiano. In 1890, Protasio González Solís, the paper's director, published several works that González Rubín had written for the paper in his Memorias Asturianas (OCLC 892238758) using the pseudonyms "La Gallina Vieja" (The Old Hen), "La Cantora del Sella" (The Singer from Sella), and "Una Aldeana del Sella" (A Villager from Sella).

Personal life and death

When González Rubín was 22, she had a son out of wedlock; he died at three months old. She married Juan Echevarría Barrera, also from Ribadesella, five years later. They had eight children together.

González Rubín died on 9 November 1877 in Infiesto, Piloña, Asturias.

Legacy

In 2003, the Asturian Ministry of Culture established the Enriqueta González Rubín Prize (Premiu Enriqueta González Rubín) in her honour, which recognizes excellence in Asturian-language journalism.

A street in Ribadesella is named after González Rubín.

References

1. ^ Garcia, Juan (25 October 2008). "Ribadesella busca a los descendientes de la escritora Enriqueta González Rubín" [Ribadesella seeks descendants of the writer Enriqueta González Rubín]. El Comercio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. ^ Garcia, J. (6 August 2019). "Enriqueta González Rubín tendrá una calle en Ribadesella, su concejo natal" [Enriqueta González Rubín will have a street in Ribadesella, her birthplace]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
3. Rojo, Miguel (24 October 2008). "Hallan en un caserón de Llanes la primera narración publicada en asturiano" [First narrative published in Asturian found in Llanes estate]. El Comercio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.

Further reading

• Valdés, Guadalupe; Villaverde Amieva, María Jesús; Lorences, Taresa (2009). Enriqueta González Rubín: el sinciu d'una escritora del XIX (in Asturian). Oviedo: Conseyería de Cultura y Turismu. OCLC 733669730.
• García, Antón (1994). "Enriqueta González Rubín". Lliteratura Asturiana nel tiempu (in Asturian). Oviedo: Conseyería d'Educación, Cultura, Deportes, y Xuventu. pp. 75–77. ISBN 978-84-7847-280-2. OCLC 490124783.
• García, Antón (1992). "Enriqueta González Rubín". El Cuentu asturianu, 1860-1939 (in Asturian). Oviedo: Trabe. pp. 27–36. ISBN 978-84-8053-007-1. OCLC 45345672.
• González Rubín, Enriqueta; Lorences, Taresa (2009). Obra completa. Oviedo: Conseyería de Cultura y Turismu. ISBN 978-84-8053-532-8. OCLC 733669763.

• 1832 births
• 1877 deaths
• Writers from Asturias
• 19th-century Spanish journalists
• 19th-century Spanish novelists
• 19th-century Spanish women writers
• Spanish women novelists
• People from Ribadesella
• Asturian-language writers
• 19th-century Spanish women journalists