Rosario Orrego
| Rosario Orrego | |
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| Born |
Rosario Orrego Muñoz 1834 Copiapó, Chile |
| Died | 21 May 1879 (aged 44–45) Valparaíso, Chile |
| Other names | Una Madre |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, editor, educator |
| Movement | Feminism |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | Héctor, Luis, Laura, Ángela, Regina |
Rosario Orrego Castañeda (1834 – 21 May 1879), also known as Rosario Orrego de Uribe, Rosario Orrego de Chacón, and by her pseudonym Una Madre, was a Chilean novelist, poet, editor, and educator. She is considered Chile's first woman novelist, a pioneer in the poetic field in that country, and one of the forerunners of women's literature in Hispanic America.
She began her literary career as an editor at La Semana and founded the magazine Valparaíso in 1873, to which three of her children also contributed.
She was also the first woman to join a literary academy: the Academia de las Bellas Letras in Santiago, formed in the mid-19th century by the Chilean intellectual elite.
The daughter of Manuel Andrés Orrego and Rosario Castañeda, Rosario Orrego Muñoz was born in the city of Copiapó in 1834. For most of her life she resided in Valparaíso, where she moved in 1853 after the illness of her first husband, the wealthy Chañarcillo miner Juan José Uribe.
Her marriage to Uribe took place when she was fourteen years old. They had five children, among them writers Ángela Uribe de Alcalde, Luis Uribe Orrego, and Regina Orrego Uribe (who was the first woman in Chile to receive the title of bachillerato in humanities).
After being widowed, she married jurist, journalist, and writer Jacinto Chacón Barrios in 1874.
Rosario Orrego had a distinguished place in the field of Chilean writing during the second half of the 19th century, activity which developed almost entirely in Valparaíso. In addition, she participated in several literary and philanthropic organizations promoting women's rights. In this regard, during this time "she made clear her ardent intention and campaigned to expand the instruction and education of women, as well as a strong spirit of solidarity towards the most destitute of society."
She wrote in a series of magazines and newspapers throughout her life, among them La Revista del Público,Sud-América,Chilena,La Semana, and the Revista del Pacífico – which she founded with her second husband, Jacinto Chacón. In 1873 she founded and edited the magazine Valparaíso.
In 1872, José Victorino Lastarria named her an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Santiago, making her the first woman in the history of Chile to join an organization of this stature.
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