María Luisa Fernández (writer) explained

María Luisa Fernández Bascuñán (1870–1938), also known as María Luisa Fernández de García Huidobro and by the literary pseudonym Monna Lissa, was a Chilean feminist writer, editor, and poet.^[2] She was the mother of poet Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948).^[3]

Career

María Luisa Fernández wrote novels and religious poetry,^[4] as well as editing feminist magazines, such as that of the Chilean Women's Patriotic Union – a group she organized^[5] – and Aliada (1922).^[6]

Part of her literary output is known to be unpublished or scattered in newspapers and magazines – as is also the case with other feminist writers such as Luisa Lynch, Sara Hübner de Fresno, and the sisters Ximena and Carmen Morla Lynch.^[2] Her literary work is considered to be part of the early 20th century avant-garde that sought to massify feminist thinking and fight for women's rights.

For some authors, her work can be framed within so-called "aristocratic feminism", along with other writers such as Inés Echeverría Bello, María Mercedes Vial, Teresa Wilms Montt, the sisters Morla Lynch, and Mariana Cox Méndez.^{[7] [8]}

Works

• Oraciones de mi madre para mis hijos (Santiago: Imprenta y encuadernación Chile, 1905)
• Vida de la santísima Virgen María, madre de Dios (Santiago: Impr. Chile, 1935)
• María del Carmen (novel, Santiago: Impr. Claret, 1930)

Notes and References

1. Book: Vega, Carlos B. . Hombres y mujeres de América: diccionario biográfico-genealógico de nuestros progenitores, siglos XVI-XIX . Men and Women of America: Biographical-Genealogical Dictionary of Our Progenitors, 19th–20th Centuries . University of León Secretary of Publications and Audiovisual Media . 9788497733601 . Spanish . 133 . 2007.
2. Book: Subercaseaux, Bernardo . Genealogía de la vanguardia en Chile . Genealogy of the Avant-Garde in Chile . University of Chile Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities . Spanish . 57 . 1 January 1997.
3. Book: Nómez, Naín . Poesía chilena contemporánea: breve antología crítica . Contemporary Chilean Poetry: Brief Critical Anthology . Andrés Bello . 9789567222018 . Spanish . 65 . 1992 . 28 September 2017 . Google Books.
4. Book: Subercaseaux, Bernardo . Historia de Las Ideas y la Cultura en Chile, tomo III. El centenario y las vanguardias . History of Ideas and Culture in Chile, Volume III. The Centenary and the Avant-Garde . Editorial Universitaria . 9789561117075 . Spanish . 98 . 1997 . 28 September 2017 . Google Books.
5. Book: Teigelboim, Volodia . Huidobro: La marcha infinita . Huidobro: The Infinite March . Volodia Teitelboim . BAT . Spanish . 1993.
6. Book: Klimpel Alvarado, Felícitas . La Mujer Chilena: El Aporte Femenino Al Progreso de Chile, 1910–1960 . The Chilean Woman: The Female Contribution to the Progress of Chile, 1910–1960 . Andrés Bello . Spanish . 1962.
7. El feminismo aristocrático: la violencia simbólica y ruptura soterrada a comienzos del siglo XX . Aristocratic Feminism: Symbolic Violence and Buried Rupture at the Beginning of the 20th Century . Revista de historia social y de las mentalidades . Poblete Alday . Patricia . Rivera Aravena . Carla . 1 . 7 . . 57–79 . Spanish . Spring 2003 . 28 September 2017.
8. News: Los Dos Ultimos Libros de Bernardo Subercaseaux: De los Libros y de Inés Echeverría, Iris . The Last Two Books by Bernardo Subercaseaux: Of the Books and of Inés Echeverría, Iris . . Spanish . 17 June 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072024/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id=%7B50c17484-340b-4709-8500-0db7a3f8bea5%7D . 4 March 2016 . dead . 28 September 2017 .