Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén explained

Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893) was an Ecuadorian writer and poet.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Carmen Febres-Cordero was born in Guayaquil in 1829.^{[3] [4]} She was the daughter of lieutenant colonel Joaquín Francisco Febres Cordero and of Maria de Jesus Montoya. She had four brothers.^[5]

In 1853, she married Aurelio Ballén de Guzmán. They had three children.^[6]

There are few known poems by this author, but they are all said to be of merit.^[7] According to Manuel Gallegos, they were written in her adolescence. She improvised the verses with a well-measured metric, her talent being well-cultivated. Examples of her works include, "A mi esposo ausente" (To my absent husband), that Jose Bernardine Suárez considers most notable, "A una flor" (To a flower) and "A mi madre" (To my mother), also quite outstanding, "Himno" (Hymn) and a poem dedicated to her friend Ángela Caamaño, which appeared in several poetic anthologies of the time, such as La guirnalda literaria (The literary garland) (1870) or Parnaso ecuatoriano (1879).^[8] In her poems, Febres-Cordero expresses tenderness and passion, but she also succumbs to the weight of disappointments.^[9] She collaborated with various newspapers such as La Esperanza, along with other authors such as Dolores Sucre and Rita Lecumberri,^[10] in the liberal El espejo,^[11] created in 1871, and in the magazine El Álbum in 1880.

Febres-Cordero settled in Chile at least since 1879, and died in Valparaíso in 1893.

A street in the city of Quito is named in her honor.

Notes and References

1. Calderón, Alba; Paz y Miño, Germania. "La pintura social como medio de acceso al campo artístico de tres mujeres en el Ecuador de la década de 1930" (in Spanish) p. 23. Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, 2017.
2. Web site: Febres Cordero Ballén Carmen . Rodolfo Perez Pimentel . 25 August 2021 . es . 13 December 2020.
3. Book: Dávalos H. . Angel Alberto . Quito, significado y ubicación de sus calles: (a fines del siglo XX) . 1999 . Editorial Abya Yala . 978-9978-04-552-7 . 25 August 2021 . 84 . es.
4. Book: Naranjo . Manuel Gallegos . Parnaso ecuatoriano: con apuntamientos biográficos de los poetas y versificadores de la República del Ecuador, desde el siglo XVIII hasta el año de 1879 . 1879 . Imprenta de Manuel V. Flor . Public domain . 25 August 2021 . es . 174–179.
5. Web site: Carmen de Febres-Cordero y Montoya . geni.com . 25 August 2021.
6. Book: Noboa . Fernando Jurado . Las Peñas: historia de una identidad casi perdida, 1497-1997 . 1997 . Ediciones del Banco del Progreso . 139 . 25 August 2021 . es.
7. Book: Suárez . José Bernardo . Rasgos biográficos de mujeres célebres de América: escritos, traducidos i estractados para el uso de las jovenes . 1878 . C. Bouret . 57 . 25 August 2021 . es.
8. Book: Arízaga . José Rafael . La guirnalda literaria: colección de producciones de las principales poetisas i escritoras contemporáneas de América i España . 1870 . Impr. i Encuad. de Calvo i Ca. . 101 . Public domain . 25 August 2021 . es.
9. Book: AADD . Mujeres: antología . 1984 . Departamento de Publicaciones, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Guayaquil . 134 . 25 August 2021 . es.
10. Book: Buriano . Ana . Panorámica de la prensa en el Ecuador garciano: Construcción y cuestionamiento de una legitimidad política, 1860-1875 . 17 March 2020 . Instituto Mora . 978-607-8611-55-3 . 25 August 2021 . es.
11. Web site: Contralmirante Carlos Monteverde Granados . /biblioteca.armada.mil.ec . Instituto de Historia Marítima - Armada del Ecuador . 25 August 2021.