María Josefa García Granados y Zavala was a Guatemalan intellectual, writer, journalist and poet of Spanish origin, and one of the greatest intellectual exponents of the independence of Guatemala, which was achieved in 1821.
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María García Granados y Saborío, daughter of general Miguel García Granados and niece/granddaughter of María Josefa. She fell in love with the Cuban hero and poet José Martí when he arrived to Guatemala in 1876, and her untimely death gave rise to the legend of La Niña de Guatemala. Due to the similarity in their names, she is often confused with María Josefa.
Guatemalan Poet José Batres Montúfar, piano pupil and friend of María Josefa García Granados.In their orbit 1
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María Josefa García Granados y Zavala was a Guatemalan intellectual, writer, journalist and poet of Spanish origin, and one of the greatest intellectual exponents of the independence of Guatemala, which was achieved in 1821. She was also a feminist ahead of her time, who with her strong and dominant character influenced Guatemalan culture. She was the sister of General Miguel García Granados, who was the first liberal president of Guatemala, and Adelaida García Granados, who was tutor of Petrona Álvarez, wife of General Rafael Carrera, lifelong conservative president of Guatemala. As his family was part of the Aycinena clan, they suffered exile and dispossession of their property by Francisco Morazán in 1829.
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