Fernán Caballero

Fernán Caballero
Born
Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl und Lütkens y Ruiz de Larrea.

(1796-12-24)24 December 1796
Died7 April 1877(1877-04-07) (aged 80)
LanguageSpanish
NationalitySpanish
GenreNovel
Notable worksLa Mitología contada a los niños e historia de los grandes hombres de la Grecia
SpouseAntonio Planells y Bardají (1816-1816),
Francisco de Paula Ruiz del Arco (1822-1835),
Antonio Arrom y Morales de Ayala (1837-1859)
RelativesJuan Nicolás Böhl de Faber (father),
Frasquita Larrea (mother)

Fernán Caballero (24 December 1796 – 7 April 1877) was the pseudonym of Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea. She was daughter of German writer Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber and Spanish writer Frasquita Larrea. Her pen name was adopted from that of a village in the province of Ciudad Real.