María Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba (23 October 1854 – 16 January 1925) was an Italian-born Mexican writer and teacher. Along with her sister Josefina, they founded the religious order, Congregación Hijas del Calvario (Congregation of Missionary Daughters of Calvary).[1][2][3]
Biography
Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba was born in the
Palazzo Ruspoli in
Rome, Italy, on October 23, 1854. She was the daughter of the Guatemalan Manuela Córdoba and the
Chiapasdiplomat,
Manuel Larráinzar. She had two brothers and two sisters, Enriqueta and Josefina. In 1866, her father was appointed plenipotentiary Minister of the courts of Russia, Sweden and Denmark by Emperor
Maximilian I of Mexico, so that, at the age of 12 or 13, she traveled with her parents and sisters to
Saint Petersburg. After the fall of
Second Mexican Empire, the family traveled through Europe to Guatemala.[3][4][5]
After the death of
Benito Juárez, in 1872, Larráinzar and her family were able to return to Mexico. With her sister Josefina, who was possibly her twin, Larráinzar wrote novels and travel books, and on January 19, 1885, they founded the Congregation of Missionary Daughters of Calvary, which spread to Cuba, Spain, Italy, Rhodesia and Jerusalem.[4][6][7][8]
She shared authorship of her literary works with her sister, Josefina Larráinzar.[4][11]
Horas serias en la vida. Reflexiones escritas en 1879 (1879)
Misterios del corazón (1881)
Viaje a varias partes de Europa (1882)
¡Sonrisas y lágrimas! (1883)
References
^Romero Aceves, Ricardo (1982). La mujer en la historia de México. Costa-Amic Editores. p. 413. ISBN 978-968-400-231-9.
^Mujeres mexicanas notables: varios autores. Cámara de Diputados, Donceles y Allende. 1975. p. 150.
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abc«M. Ernestina M. Enriqueta Larráinzar Cordova». misionerashijasdelcalvario.org.
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abcOlivares Mansuy, Cecilia (1997). «Enriqueta y Ernestina Larrainzar, crónicas de viaje». En Domenella, Ana Rosa, ed. Las voces olvidadas. Antología crítica de narradoras mexicanas nacidas en el siglo XIX (1, reimpresión edición). El Colegio de Mexico. pp. 317-338.
^Bazarte, Alicia (2003). «Ma. Enriqueta y Ma. Ernestina Larráinzar. Hermanas hijas del Calvario (siglos XIX-XX)». Camino a la santidad: siglos XVI-XX, 2003, ISBN 968-6815-23-6, págs. 317-338 (Centro de Estudios de Historia de México Condumex): 317-338. ISBN 978-968-6815-23-8.
^Prigollini, Carlos (27 de abril de 2017). Fútbol y exilio. Colección Fútbol y Sociedad.