In the history of letters, Concepción Arenal Ponte is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Concepción Arenal Ponte as Spanish lawyer, writer and feminist activist, editor (1820-1893).
Concepción Arenal Ponte was born at Ferrol in 1820. Her recorded nationality is Spain. She was educated at Universidad Central.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
She worked as writer, editor and social worker.
The writing is recorded in Spanish and French.
Her work is classed as poetry, theatre and essay.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from Spain matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Concepción Arenal Ponte died in 1893, aged 73. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Genres: poetry, theatre and essay
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