Xosefa Xovellanos
Illustration — Portrait of Josefa de Jovellanos (1745-1807 Xosefa de Xovellanos y Xove Ramírez (1745–1807) was the younger sister of Asturian politician Gaspar Melchor de Xovellanos and prominent writer in Asturian. She was born in Gijón on June 4, (1745) and married to Domingo Gonzalez de Argandona, Attorney General at the Court of the Principality of Asturias. She died on June 2, 1807, from an illness.
Also recorded as Josefa Jovellanos · Sor Josefa de San Juan Bautista · Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez
Xosefa Xovellanos
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- Full name
- Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez.
- Born
- 1745. · Gijón.
- Died
- 1807. · Xixón City.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Movements
- Age of Enlightenment.
- Languages
- Asturian and Spanish.
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Illustration — Portrait of Josefa de Jovellanos (1745-1807 Xosefa de Xovellanos y Xove Ramírez (1745–1807) was the younger sister of Asturian politician Gaspar Melchor de Xovellanos and prominent writer in Asturian. She was born in Gijón on June 4, (1745) and married to Domingo Gonzalez de Argandona, Attorney General at the Court of the Principality of Asturias. She died on June 2, 1807, from an illness.
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Identity and origins
Her work is known thanks to an anthology compiled in 1839 by Xosé Caveda y Nava (Colección de poesías en dialecto asturiano; Oviedo, 1839).
Xosefa Xovellanos was recorded at birth as Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez. The authorities additionally record the headings Josefa Jovellanos, Sor Josefa de San Juan Bautista and Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez. Her recorded languages were Asturian and Spanish.
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Xosefa Xovellanos is recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as a citizen of Spain. Associated with Age of Enlightenment.
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1745
Xosefa Xovellanos was born on 4 June 1745.
1807
Xosefa Xovellanos died on 7 June 1807.
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Gijón.
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Xixón City.
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- 1.María José Álvarez Faedo. Josefa de Jovellanos. Semblanza de una dama a los ojos de su hermano Gaspar de Jovellanos.
- 2.Domingo Antonio González de Argandona y Valle, casado con Josefa Jovellanos
- 3.Josefa de Jovellanos, hermana en la sombra.
- 4.Personajes asturianos. Retratos para la historia.
- 5.Tres autoras religiosas de los ss. XVII y XVIII: las obras de Gertrude Aston, Winefrid Thimelby y Josefa de Jovellanos como reflejo de experiencias afines. 1579-7902.
- 6.Piden añadir a la calle Argandona el nombre de Josefa Jovellanos.
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