Isabel De Palencia

Background

Palencia, Isabel De was born on June 12, 1881 in Málaga, Spain. Daughter of Juan and Anne (Guthrie) de Oyarzábal.

Education

Student Convent of the Assumption, Málaga, University of Madrid, and London U.

Career

Began in journalism, serving on staff of El Sol, Madrid. Madrid correspondent London Daily Herald, 6 years. Founder and editor magazine Louisiana Dama.

Also did news coverage for Laffan News Bureau, London, and for Standard (London newspaper).

Also lectured extensively in the United States and Europe. Plenipotentiary minister for Spain to Sweden, 1936, later also to Finland.

Spanish Republican Catholic. Author: Study in Child Psychology (Spanish).

Sower Sowed His Seed (novel in Spanish).

Hookie (novelette in Spanish). Regional Costumes of Spain (Spanish and English), 1930. Saint Anthony’s Pig (English juvenile), 1940.

I Must Have Liberty, 1940, autobiography in English.

Author Dialogues with Sorrow (drama). Smouldering Freedom; Alexandra Kollontay (biography), 1947.

Why Mexico. Home: U1 Mexico City, Mexico.†.

Achievements

• Isabel De Palencia has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Ceferino Palencia, July 8, 1909. Children: Ceferino, Marissa.

Father:

Juan Palencia

Mother:

Anne (Guthrie) Palencia

Spouse:

Ceferino Palencia

child:

Marissa Palencia

child:

Ceferino Palencia