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Magdalena Spínola (1896-1991) was a Guatemalan teacher, poetess and journalist. Orphaned at a young age, she found encouragement from her childhood neighbor Miguel Ángel Asturias for her literary dreams. After graduating from the country's Teacher's College, she taught school at a private academy and began to publish poems. Though her husband was part of dictator Jorge Ubico Castañeda's cabinet, they became enemies and Efraín Aguilar Fuentes, her husband, was arrested and shot. She was briefly arrested as well and ostracized by many. She was an ardent feminist and became outspoken about political issues after the fall of Ubico's government. She was the biographer of Gabriela Mistral and one of the first erotic poetesses of Central America. ==Biography== Magdalena Spínola Stecker was born on 26 December 1896 in Guatemala to Rafael Spínola Orellana and Florencia Strecker Frías Her mother died when she was four years old and a year later, her father died as well. She and her sister, Stella were then split up as well, Stella going to live with her maternal grandparents and Magdalena sent to live with her paternal grandparents. Spínola's neighbor was Miguel Ángel Asturias, who became her childhood friend and with whom she discussed their awakening love of literature. Asturias would later dedicate his first book to her.〔"Gold (1998)", p 42〕 Spínola began her schooling at the Dolores y Jesús Muños Kindergarten and then attended the Colegio “Central de Señoritas” under the tutelage of Concepción Saravia de Zirión. She was surprised to discover that her textbook prologue had been written by her father. After a time, she changed schools and began attending Colegio de Señoritas San Rosa.〔"Gold (1998)", pp 42-43〕 After completing her secondary education, Spínola enrolled in teacher's college at the Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén graduating with her teaching credentials. She got a job at a private school Colegio “Josefina González” for the 1914-1915 term.〔"Gold (1998)", p 44〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magdalena Spínola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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