Mercedes González Tola
Mercedes González Tola | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1860 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | 23 September 1911 Quito, Ecuador |
| Literary movement | romanticism |
| Notable works | Reminiscencias (1890) |
| Spouse | Aurelio Moscoso |
| Children | 2 |
Mercedes González Tola (12 October 1860 – 23 September 1911), also known in the literary field as Mercedes G. de Moscoso or M.G. de M, was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright and writer of the romanticism movement. She later became an activist with the feminist movement and directed the National Library of Quito.
Early life and family
González Tola was born on 12 October 1860 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[1]
Her parents were Nicolás Augusto González Navarrete and Guadalupe Tola Dávalos.[2][3] Her father was involved in politics as a secret agent for Vicente Rocafuerte, leading the family to spend ten years in exile in Lima, Peru.[3] They returned to Guayaquil in 1875 after the assassination of president Gabriel García Moreno.[3]
She married her distant relative Aurelio Moscoso and they had two children. Her first child died in infancy.[3]
Career
González Tola was a poet, playwright and writer.[4][5] Her brother Nicolás Augusto González Tola also became a poet.[3]
Many of her works were sentimental, intimate and introspective, focusing on family life and loss,[6] including Reminiscencias (1890), En el Nido (1899) and the play Abuela (1903). She adapted Abuela into a three act play in 1907.[7]
Alongside her writing career, González Tola directed the National Library of Quito and was involved in the Ecuadorian feminist movement.[6] She she contributed to Ecuardor's first feminist magazine, La Mujer.[3]
Death
González Tola died on 23 September 1911 in Quito, Ecuador.[8]
References
- ^ V, León Vieira (1976). 12 escritores ecuatorianos contemporaneos y una glosa (in Spanish). Departamento de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Guayaquil. p. 56.
- ^ Naranjo, Manuel Gallegos (1879). Parnaso ecuatoriano: con apuntamientos biográficos de los poetas y versificadores de la República del Ecuador, desde el siglo XVIII hasta el año de 1879 (in Spanish). Imprenta de Manuel V. Flor. p. 262.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mercedes G. de Moscoso". Ecuadorian Literature. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Cortina, Lynn Ellen Rice (1983). Spanish-American Women Writers: A Bibliographical Research Checklist (in Spanish). Garland Pub. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8240-9247-4.
- ^ Noboa, Fernando Jurado (1992). Los secretos del poder socioeconómico: el caso Dávalos (in Spanish). SAG. p. 154.
- ^ a b Grijalva, Juan Carlos (15 January 2024). La imaginación patriarcal: Emergencia y silenciamento de la mujer escritora en la prensa y la literatura ecuatorianas, 1860-1900. UNC Press Books. ISBN 978-1-4696-7943-3.
- ^ Noboa, Fernando Jurado (1996). La Ronda: nido de cantores y poetas (in Spanish). Libresa. p. 145. ISBN 978-9978-80-365-3.
- ^ Efecto Alquimia (3 April 2022). Mercedes González Tola «Flor del Valle», mayor representante del segundo romanticismo del Ecuador. Retrieved 7 May 2025 – via YouTube.