Elisa Hall de Asturias
Elisa Hall de Asturias | |
|---|---|
| Born | María Laura Elisa Hall Sánchez 26 February 1900 |
| Died | 20 May 1982 (aged 82) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Occupation | writer |
| Years active | 1937–1939 |
| Notable work | Semilla de mostaza |
Elisa Hall de Asturias (26 February 1900 – 20 May 1982) was a Guatemalan writer and intellectual. In the 1930s, she wrote a book Semilla de mostaza that became the source of controversy for nearly 70 years. Anti-feminist biases at the time that she wrote led to the conclusion that she could not have written the book, which had become a mainstay of Guatemala's literary heritage. In 2011 and 2012, new research into the controversy verified that she was the author of the work.