Elisa Hall de Asturias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Elisa Hall de Asturias

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1900

Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala

Date of Death: 20-May-1982

Profession: writer

Nationality: Guatemala

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Elisa Hall de Asturias

  • Elisa Hall de Asturias (26 February 1900 – 20 May 1982) was a Guatemalan writer and intellectual.
  • In the 1930s, she wrote a book Semilla de mostaza that became the source of controversy for nearly 70 years.
  • Anti-feminist biases at the time that she wrote led to the conclusion that she could not have written the book, which had become a mainstay of Guatemala's literary heritage.
  • In 2011 and 2012, new research into the controversy verified that she was the author of the work.

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