Carmen Blanco y Trigueros (Granada, ca. 1840 [1] - October 17, 1921) [2] was a Spanish writer, poet, and journalist.
Born in Granada, [3] in the 1840s, [1] she was educated in Catalonia. [4]
Her first works were published in the Catalan press, even though she left Barcelona. [4] In 1878, she published in La Crónica de Cataluña a collection of serious and humorous articles entitled "Retratos de perfil, bocetos á vuelapluma" (Profile portraits, sketches á vuelapluma), presented by Mobellán. [3] In 1879, she published a novel in the newspaper El Cascabel. [3] In addition to novels and short story collections, [5] she wrote articles and other works, sometimes unsigned, in various newspapers in Madrid and the provinces, [4] such as El Globo, [1] [4] El Álbum Ibero-Americano, [1] El Cascabel, or La Semana Madrileña. [1] She traveled extensively through Morocco, writing travel publications, [4] and met Clorinda Matto de Turner. [5] Carmen de Burgos praised Blanco's work. [4]
Carmen Blanco y Trigueros died on October 17, 1921. [2]