Carlota O'Neill

Carlota O'Neill
Born
Carlota Alejandra Regina Micaela O'Neill y de Lamo

(1905-03-27)27 March 1905
Madrid, Spain
Died20 June 2000(2000-06-20) (aged 95)
Caracas, Venezuela
Other names
  • Carlota Lionell
  • Laura de Noves
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
SpouseVirgilio Leret Ruiz
ChildrenMaría Gabriela, Carlota
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Carlota Alejandra Regina Micaela O'Neill y de Lamo (27 March 1905 – 20 June 2000) was a Spanish writer and journalist. Her husband, Captain Virgilio Leret Ruiz, was executed after opposing the July 1936 military uprising in Melilla which led to the Civil War. She spent three years and nine months in prison and some years later went into Venezuela and Mexico. She also wrote under the pseudonyms Carlota Lionell and Laura de Noves.