Josefina Aldecoa

Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez, was a Spanish writer and teacher born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted for her own literary career after his death. Josefina Aldecoa was the founder and Principal of the Colegio Estilo from 1959 until her death in 2011. She died on 16 March 2011 in Cantabria, due to respiratory problems, at the age of 85.